Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 430-440 , December 2009

The Risk of Eating Disorders Among Female Undergraduates in Taiwan

References 

  1. Afifi-Soweid RA, Kteily MBN, Shediac-Rizkallah MC. Preoccupation with weight and disordered eating behaviors of entering students at a University in Lebanon. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2002;32(1):52–57
  2. AlSubaie AS, Bamgboye E, AlShammari S, AlSabhan KN, AlShehri SN, Bannah ARS. Validity of the Arabic version of the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI). British Journal of Psychiatry. 1996;168(5):636–640
  3. Anstine D, Grinenko D. Rapid screening for disordered eating in college-aged females in the primary care setting. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2000;26(5):338–342
  4. Beato-Fernandez L, Rodriguez-Cano T, Belmonte-Llario A, Martinez-Delgado C. Risk factors for eating disorders in adolescents—A Spanish community-based longitudinal study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2004;13(5):287–294
  5. Beck AT, Steer RA, Brown GK. Beck Depression Inventory-II manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation; 1996;
  6. Bendelius J. Eating disorders: Early detection can lead to improved outcomes. School Nurse News. 2005;22(2):23–24
  7. Ben-Tovim DI, Walker K, Gilchrist P, Freeman R, Kalucy R, Esterman A. Outcome in patients with eating disorders: A 5-year study. Lancet. 2001;357(9264):1254–1257
  8. Braun DL, Sunday SR, Halmi KA. Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with eating disorders. Psychological Medicine. 1994;24(4):859–867
  9. Cahill S, Mussap AJ. Emotional reactions following exposure to idealized bodies predict unhealthy body change attitudes and behaviors in women and men. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2007;62(6):631–639
  10. Cartwright MM. Eating disorder emergencies: Understanding the medical complexities of the hospitalized eating disordered patient. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 2004;16(4):515–530
  11. Cash TF. Body image assessments: MBSRQ. Retrieved December 11, 2006, from http://www.body-images.com/assessments/mbsrq.html2002;
  12. Cash TF, Pruzinsky T. Integrative themes in body-image development, deviance, and change. In:  Cash TF,  Pruzinsky T editor. Body images: Development, deviance, and change. New York: Guilford Press; 1990;p. 337–349
  13. Chang AJ, Ko HC, Yeh TL, Lu RB. The Short-Form Cognitive Style Test and Cognitive Error Questionnaire: Reliability and validity. Chinese Psychiatry Medicine. 1996;10(1):36–44
  14. Chang YJ, Liou YM, Sheu SJ, Chen MY. Unbearable weight: Young adult women's experiences of being overweight. Journal of Nursing Research. 2004;12(2):153–160
  15. Clarkin-Watts A. Eating disorders. In:  Fortinash K,  Holoday-Worret P editor. Psychiatric mental health nursing. St. Louis: Mosby; 1996;p. 425–447
  16. Cotrufo P, Gnisci A, Caputo I. Brief report: Psychological characteristics of less severe forms of eating disorders: An epidemiological study among 259 female adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 2005;28(1):147–154
  17. Davis C, Shuster B, Blackmore E, Fox J. Looking good—Family focus on appearance and the risk for eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2004;35(2):136–144
  18. Devlin MJ, Jahraus JP, Dobrow IJ. Eating disorders. In:  Levenson JL editors. Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine. 1st ed.. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2005;p. 311–334
  19. Fairburn CG, Cooper Z, Doll HA, Norman P, O'Connor M. The natural course of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder in young women. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2000;57(7):659–665
  20. Fairburn CG, Harrison PJ. Eating disorders. Lancet. 2003;361(9355):407–416
  21. Garner DM. Eating Disorder Inventory-3 professional manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources; 2004;
  22. Garner DM, Olmstead MP, Polivy J. Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia-nervosa and bulimia. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 1983;2(2):15–34
  23. Goebel M, Spalthoff G, Schulze C, Florin I. Dysfunctional cognitions, attributional style, and depression in bulimia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 1989;33(6):747–752
  24. Hund AR, Espelage DL. Childhood emotional abuse and disordered eating among undergraduate females: Mediating influence of alexithymia and distress. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2006;30(4):393–407
  25. Kann L, Kinchen SA, Williams BI, Ross JG, Lowry R, Hill CV, et al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 1997. Journal of School Health. 1998;68(9):355–369
  26. Keel PK, Heatherton TF, Dorer DJ, Joiner TE, Zalta AK. Point prevalence of bulimia nervosa in 1982, 1992, and 2002. Psychological Medicine. 2006;36(1):119–127
  27. Kirkley BG, Burge JC. Dietary restriction in young women: Issues and concerns. Annals of Behavioral. 1989;11:66–72
  28. Lee NF, Rush AJ, Mitchell JE. Bulimia and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 1985;9(3):231–238
  29. Lee S, Lee AM. Disordered eating in three communities of China: A comparative study of female high school students in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and rural Hunan. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2000;27(3):317–327
  30. Lee S, Lee AM, Leung T, Yu H. Psychometric properties of the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-1) in a nonclinical Chinese population in Hong Kong. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 1997;21(2):187–194
  31. Lewinsohn PM, Striegel-Moore RH, Seeley JR. Epidemiology and natural course of eating disorders in young women from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2000;39(10):1284–1292
  32. Lin SL. Health scientific research related with weight loss consciousness and misrecognition of body for female college students. Journal of National Taipei College of Nursing. 1995;2:131–157
  33. McLaren L, Gauvin L, Steiger H. A two-factor model of disordered eating. Eating Behaviors. 2001;2(1):51–65
  34. Miller JL, Schmidt LA, Vaillancourt T, McDougall P, Laliberte M. Neuroticism and introversion: A risky combination for disordered eating among a non-clinical sample of undergraduate women. Eating Behaviors. 2006;7(1):69–78
  35. Morrison T, Waller G, Lawson R. Attributional style in the eating disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2006;194(4):303–305
  36. Nakano K. Confirmatory factor analysis of the eating disorder inventory. Psychological Reports. 2005;97(1):337–338
  37. Neumark-Sztainer D, Wall M, Guo J, Story M, Haines J, Eisenberg M. Obesity, disordered eating, and eating disorders in a longitudinal study of adolescents: How do dieters fare 5 years later?. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006;106(4):559–568
  38. Page RM, Lee CM, Miao NF. Self-perception of body weight among high school students in Taipei, Taiwan. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 2005;17(2):123–136
  39. Sadock BJ, Sadock VA. Synopsis of psychiatriy. 9th ed.. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2003;
  40. Shih MY, Kubo C. Body shape preference and body satisfaction of Taiwanese and Japanese female college students. Psychiatry Research. 2005;133(2–3):263–271
  41. Stice E, Hayward C, Cameron RP, Killen JD, Taylor CB. Body-image and eating disturbances predict onset of depression among female adolescents: A longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2000;109(3):438–444
  42. Stice E, Schupakneuberg E, Shaw HE, Stein RI. Relation of media exposure to eating disorder symptomatology—An examination of mediating mechanisms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1994;103(4):836–840
  43. Striegel-Moore RH, Dohm FA, Kraemer HC, Schreiber GB, Taylor CB, Daniels SR. Risk factors for binge-eating disorders: An exploratory study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2007;40(6):481–487
  44. Striegel-Moore RH, Silberstein LR, Rodin J. Toward an understanding of risk-factors for bulimia. American Psychologist. 1986;41(3):246–263
  45. Szweda S, Thorne P. The prevalence of eating disorders in female health care students. Occupational Medicine-Oxford. 2002;52(3):113–119
  46. Tang, Y. H., Cheng, Y. W., & Chen, M. S. (2004). The influences of social pressure on body image and eating disturbances. Unpublished master's thesis, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  47. Tsai G. Eating disorders in the Far East. Eating and Weight Disorders. 2000;5(4):183–197
  48. Tseng MC, Ko HC, Lee MB. Reliability and validity of the Mandarin Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Inventory. Formosan Journal of Medicine. 2001;5(4):379–388
  49. Tseng MC, Lee MB, Lee YJ, Chen YY. Long-term outcome of bulimia nervosa in Taiwanese. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 2004;103(9):701–706
  50. Wade TD, Davidson S, O'Dea JA. A preliminary controlled evaluation of a school-based media literacy program and self-esteem program for reducing eating disorder risk factors. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2003;33(4):371–383
  51. Wheeler K, Greiner P, Boulton M. Exploring alexithymia, depression, and binge eating in self-reported eating disorders in women. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 2005;41(3):114–123
  52. Williamson DA, Cubic BA, Gleaves DH. Equivalence of body-image disturbances in anorexia and bulimia-nervosa. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1993;102(1):177–180
  53. Williamson DA, Kelley ML, Davis CJ, Ruggiero L, Blouin DC. Psychopathology of eating disorders—A controlled comparison of bulimic, obese, and normal subjects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1985;53(2):161–166
  54. Wiseman CV, Peltzman B, Halmi KA, Sunday SR. Risk factors for eating disorders: Surprising similarities between middle school boys and girls. Eating Disorders. 2004;12(4):315–320
  55. Wong YC, Huang YC. Obesity concerns, weight satisfaction and characteristics of female dieters: A study on female Taiwanese college students. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 1999;18(2):194–200
  56. Young EA, Clopton JR, Bleckley MK. Perfectionism, low self-esteem, and family factors as predictors of bulimic behavior. Eating Behaviors. 2004;5(4):273–283
  57. Zalta AK, Keel PK. Peer influence on bulimic symptoms in college students. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2006;115(1):185–189

PII: S0883-9417(08)00202-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.12.001

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 430-440 , December 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution