Adolescents perception of the severity of binge eating disorder: A population-based study
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Rebecca | |
dc.contributor.author | Gratwick-Sarll, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bentley, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Harrison, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mond, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T12:26:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T12:26:15Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-06-29T12:08:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Anderson, R. and Gratwick-Sarll, K. and Bentley, C. and Harrison, C. and Mond, J. 2016. Adolescents perception of the severity of binge eating disorder: A population-based study. Journal of Mental Health. 25 (1): pp. 16-22. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68569 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3109/09638237.2015.1057329 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2015 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Background: Binge eating disorder (BED) is relatively common in young people and is associated with marked impairment in physical and mental health.Aims: We examined perceptions of the severity of BED in a population-based sample of adolescents.Methods: Male (n = 531) and female (n = 1135) adolescents recruited from 12 Australian schools completed a survey that featured a vignette of a fictional female school student suffering from BED followed by a series of questions addressing perceptions of severity.Results: Approximately half of participants agreed or strongly agreed that BED is a serious problem (male: 52.0%; female: 63.2%) requiring professional treatment (male: 48.2%; female: 54.5%). Approximately one-third of boys (30.7%) believed that BED is primarily a problem of "lack of will power/self-control", whereas one in five girls (19.3%) held this view. Less than half of participants (male: 42.7%; female: 44.1%) believed that someone with BED would be deserving of sympathy.Conclusion: The findings suggest that many adolescents, boys in particular, do not consider BED to be a serious mental health problem and believe that individuals with BED lack will-power and/or are undeserving of sympathy. Awareness and understanding of BED may need to be addressed in school-based mental health promotion programs. | |
dc.publisher | Routledge | |
dc.title | Adolescents perception of the severity of binge eating disorder: A population-based study | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 25 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 16 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 22 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0963-8237 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Mental Health | |
curtin.department | School of Psychology | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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