How do the Principles of the Feminist, Relational Model Apply to Treatment of Men with Eating Disorders and Related Issues?

Maine, Margo; Bunnell, Douglas W.

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“…College students are vulnerable to weight concerns because of specific factors such as a transition to a new environment, associated psychological distress, weight gain, and pressures about appearance (Hoffman, Policastro, Quick, & Lee, 2006;Maine & Bunnell, 2008). Because college students are an appropriate and important sample with which to explore the causes and consequences of engaging in fat talk, participants were recruited from undergraduate communication classes at a large Southwestern university in exchange for extra credit in their class (N 057).…”

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Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Engaging in Fat Talk

Arroyo¹,

Harwood

2012

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Engaging in Fat Talk

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Harwood

2012

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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“…Changes in eating habits resulting from decreased availability of healthy foods and increased availability of and fewer restrictions on unhealthy foods leads to weight gain in many college students (Bowen-Woodward & Levitz, 1989;Dickstein, 1989;Hoffman, Policastro, Quick, & Lee, 2006). In addition, the college environment is thought to bring increased access to media-based values of body appearance, distance from home and family influences, and changes in gender roles and relationships with important others (see also Kaplan, Klein, & Gleason, 1991;Maine & Bunnell, 2008), all of which may lead to or exacerbate body image disturbances in college students. As separation/individuation pressures can be strong in the college years, men and women are likely to channel their sadness, fear, shame, etc.…”

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“…Body satisfaction, then, is a logical outgrowth of this kind of attunement, and dissatisfaction with one's body is one possible outcome of poor mutuality (Nakash et al, 2004). Although the concept of mutuality was developed largely around women, several authors (e.g., Bergman, 1991;Betcher & Pollack, 1993;Maine & Bunnell, 2008) have argued for its relevance to men as well. The focus on perceived flaws in one's body as a way of dealing with the pain of disconnections from self and others is a process that may apply equally to men, even if research has focused on women.…”

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Application of a Relational Model to Understanding Body Image in College Women and Men

Sanftner

Ryan

Pierce

2009

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

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Relational cultural theory was examined in relation to body image in two samples of college women (n = 102) and men (n = 78) from a Midwestern university. Participants completed measures of mutuality and body image satisfaction. Results revealed that low mutuality with mothers and fathers predicted body dissatisfaction in both men and women, and low mutuality with romantic partners predicted body dissatisfaction in women.For women, when the shared variance between mothers and fathers was removed, mutuality with fathers was associated with body satisfaction as well as several indexes of body image, including evaluation of overall appearance, level of fitness, and overall health. For men, mutuality with mothers, fathers, and friends was associated with several body image scales. Additional findings and implications for working with college students are discussed. KEYWORDS body dissatisfaction, body image, gender, interpersonal relationships, mutuality, relational cultural theoryOver the past 30 years, much work has been done to understand women's conflicted and often highly negative feelings about their bodies (Thompson,

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“…If women turn to their bodies as the way to modulate and resolve these stressors and mixed messages, the men would also express some of their distress through their bodies and would be at greater risk to develop AN or other eating disorder [11]. Feng represented a case of severe AN in a man with a probable precipitating factor being girlfriend's critical comment on his weight.…”

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Severe Complication and Shoplifting Behavior in a Young Man with Atypical Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report

YR¹,

Yuan²

2015

J Gastrointest Dig Syst

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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by excessive restriction on food intake and irrational fear of gaining weight, often accompanied by a distorted body self-perception. It is rare among men. We report a case of a 20-year-old man who presented with gradual loss of weight and recurrent episodes of vomiting. Several biochemical and hormonal alterations, multiple medical complications, and cortical atrophy were ascertained. During hospitalization, he was at high risk due to those life-threatening severe refeeding syndrome. Furosemide and human serum albumin were used to control the refeeding syndrome, which achieved a rapid and significant curative effect. Body weight significantly gained, and the patient was discharged with various stable parameters. One year later, he was caught for shoplifting. There was no evidence suggesting any misdeeds to support that the stealing was intentional. The aim of this report was to remind us pay more attention to the male AN. A greater awareness of this condition in the male may lead to an early diagnosis and therapy for reducing morbidity and mortality.

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How do the Principles of the Feminist, Relational Model Apply to Treatment of Men with Eating Disorders and Related Issues?

Cited by 21 publications

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Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Engaging in Fat Talk

Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Engaging in Fat Talk

Application of a Relational Model to Understanding Body Image in College Women and Men

Severe Complication and Shoplifting Behavior in a Young Man with Atypical Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report

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