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Although eating problems--ranging from body dissatisfaction and dieting to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa--can begin and typically have their roots in childhood, theory and research in developmental psychopathology and developmental psychology have not received substantial attention in eating disorders research. This book provides crucial background material from both fields, and then makes direct applications to numerous aspects of the field of eating disorders including theory, research, treatment, and primary prevention.
List of contents
Contents: Introduction.
Part I: Introduction to Developmental Psychopathology.K. Rosen, The Principles of Developmental Psychopathology: Illustration From the Study of Eating Disorders.
L. Smolak, Methodological Implications of a Developmental Psychopathology Approach to the Study of Eating Problems.
Part II: Contributions From Developmental Psychology.R. Rende, Liability to Psychopathology: A Quantitative Genetic Perspective.
T.J. Berndt, S.L. Hestenes, The Developmental Course of Social Support: Family and Peers.
F. Ewell, S. Smith, M.P. Karmel, D. Hart, The Sense of Self and Its Development: A Framework for Understanding Eating Disorders.
J. Worell, J. Todd, Development of the Gendered Self.
R.A. Isabella, Attachment, Organization, and the Coherence of Individual Development.
L. Smolak, R. Striegel-Moore, The Implications of Developmental Research for Eating Disorders.
Part III: Developmental Issues and Eating Disorders.L. Smolak, M.P. Levine, Adolescent Transitions and the Development of Eating Problems.
M.P. Levine, L. Smolak, Media as a Context for the Development of Disordered Eating.
R. Striegel-Moore, L. Smolak, The Role of Race in the Development of Eating Disorders.
M.E. Connors, Developmental Vulnerabilities for Eating Disorders.
Part IV: Implications for Treatment and Prevention.J.D. Killen, Development and Evaluation of a School-Based Eating Disorder Symptoms Prevention Program.
C.M. Shisslak, M. Crago, L.S. Estes, N. Gray, Content and Method of Developmentally Appropriate Prevention Programs.
K.M. Pike, D.E. Wilfley, The Changing Context of Treatment.
M.P. Levine, L. Smolak, R. Striegel-Moore, Conclusions, Implications, and Future Directions.
About the author
Michael P. Levine, Linda Smolak, Ruth H. Striegel-Moore
Summary
This text provides background material from developmental psychology and psychopathology - following the theory that eating problems and disorders are typically rooted in childhood. Applications are then outlined, including research, treatment, protective factors and primary prevention.
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"...issues addressed in this impressive and stimulating volume, in which the contributing authors also provide a developmental framework for understading the multiple pathways forming disturbed eating behavior and attitudes. Their 16 scholarly articles provide generous coverage of normal and pathological development, research, theory, and methodology, and examine associated physical, familial, personality, sociocultural, and environmental agents.
—READINGS: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health
"This ambitious book is a well conceived and wonderfully comprehensive integration of current topics in developmental psychology and eating disorders. The editors have created a uniquely thorough text which brings together the perspectives of many disciplines on why eating disorders emerge in adolescence, and offers illuminating perspectives on a wide range of issues that surround eating disorders, including etiology, culture, genetics, risk, and media prevention. A rich and user friendly source of information for all professionals, students, and parents in search of a successful integration of different developmental paradigms and research methodologies with a clinical perspective."
—Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair
Director of Education, Prevention and Outreach, Harvard Eating Disorders Center
"This is the most rigorous and comprehensive clarification of how developmental factors lead to eating disorders that I have encountered. It provides a rich understanding of how biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact to predispose an individual to develop eating and body image problems. Clinicians and researchers of a theoretical persuasion need to study this excellent volume of articles."
—Dr. Craig Johnson
Director, Eating Disorders Program, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital and
