Eating Disorders- general
Psychology 2300 with Cruess at University of Connecticut
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By: Paul Ericson
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Abnormal Psychology with MindMap CD-ROM and PowerWeb
Created: 2011-12-14
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Sociocultural risk factors
-in a culture of abundance, affluent nation
-idealized media images
-peer influence
-In US, ethnicity no longer "protects individuals from an eating disorder
- higher SES leads to greater risk
key component of sociocultural risk?
idealization of thinness
familial risk factors
-encourage/reinforce slenderness and self control or discipline required to achieve it
-family dynamics
- high expressed emotion= child tries to gain control over some aspect of their life (food)
-mothers attitude/behaviors may influence daughters pathology
individual risk factors (internal)
- affective factors such as stress and negative mood, negative affect, and depression
-dual pathway model
- low self esteem body dissatisfaction and dieting
- eating pathology may mask a depression
dual pathway model
pressure to be thin+this-ideal internallization=
body dissatisfaction=
dieting+(->)negative affect=bullimic symptoms
Individual risk factors (internal continued)
-cognitive factors= obsessive thoughts, perfectionism (enforced perfectionism imposed from another person telling them to be perfect)
-during binge--> dissociation, impaired cognitive style and cognitive bias
-dichotomous thinking=either theyre perfect or not
-lack of internal awareness (LIA)
LIA
confuse emotions with hunger and sateity
Individual risk factors (external)
childhood abuse
trauma/life stress
***teasing***
eating disorder is co morbid with ....
a mood disorder
may be ser. and NE defficiency
dysregulation of hypothalamus
ventromedial hypothalamus-lesion= more eating
lateral sateity-lesion= less eating
alterations in leptin and grehlin
increase leptin= less eating
increase grehlin= more eating
genetic predisposition
anorexia has higher genetic factors (twin studies)
is an eating disorder an addiction
eventually endogenous opioids will be released when you starve yourself
About this deck
By: Paul Ericson
Textbook: Abnormal Psychology with MindMap CD-ROM and PowerWeb
Created: 2011-12-14
Size: 13 flashcards
Views: 9
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Abnormal Psychology with MindMap CD-ROM and PowerWebCreated: 2011-12-14
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