The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders, Body Weight, and Disordered‐Eating Behaviors

Averett, Susan L.; Terrizzi, Sabrina; Wang, Yan

doi:10.1002/hec.3360

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“…Directly related to social pressures, a survey of 246 college women at a small liberal arts college, found that sorority membership increased the prevalence of eating disorders (Basow et al, 2007). However, Averett et al (2017) did not find a relationship between sorority membership and vomiting or pills/dieting among college students. While not focused on college students, Costa-Font and Jofre-Bonet (2008) found that peers can increase anorexia and feelings of being too fat.…”

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College Athletes Under Pressure: Eating Disorders Among Female Track and Field Athletes

Quinn

Robinson

2020

The American Economist

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Eating disorders are a widespread problem for college female athletes. This article builds on this research by collecting survey data from female college track and field athletes at 30 universities. Results find that the division level is not a significant driver of eating disorders. Another significant finding comes from breaking out the pressures into its team-related and social causes. Results find that team-related pressures lead to more vomiting behavior, while social pressures impact dieting. Previous studies which aggregate pressures, rely on one eating disorder, or focus on a single university for their sampling may not reflect these complex relationships. Even after controlling for individual factors, competition level, and team nutritionists, the pressures still impact these athletes. This suggests a need for additional screenings and counselors to address pressures occurring both on and off the track. While difficult to achieve, there needs to be a change in team cultures across all divisions. JEL Classifications: I1, Z2

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Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 59%

College Athletes Under Pressure: Eating Disorders Among Female Track and Field Athletes

Quinn

Robinson

2020

The American Economist

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“…First and foremost, our samples were convenience samples from undergraduate psychology pools. While our samples are relatively racially diverse, they are not size‐diverse; in general, college students are considered to be closer to the physical ideal than a broader population (Averett et al, 2017; Fitzsimmons‐Craft et al, 2012; Lindner et al, 2008). To illustrate this, we see that the majority of our participants were considered “normal weight”, whereas the majority of Americans are considered “overweight” by BMI classifications (Weir & Jan, 2021).…”

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One size does not fit all: Implicit theories of body weight and body mass index interact to predict body image disturbances

Bruchmann

Thai

Wingard

2022

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Implicit theories of body weight (ITBW) have predicted successful weight loss efforts, such that incremental beliefs (body weight is malleable) lead to more success and resilience in the face of setbacks than entity beliefs (body weight is unchangeable). But, less is known about how ITBW is related to body image. Two studies tested how ITBW (measured in Study 1, manipulated in Study 2) interacts with body mass index (BMI) to predict body shame, body surveillance, and disordered eating in undergraduate samples (Study 1 N = 296, Study 2 N = 363). We saw evidence that for participants with higher BMIs, an incremental theory of body weight predicted less body shame, surveillance, and disordered eating compared to an entity theory of body weight. But, for participants with lower BMIs, we saw some evidence that an incremental theory of body weight can actually be harmful and increase disordered eating attitudes or a desire to change body weight.

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“…We found two studies that used an IV estimation strategy to seek causal explanations of college student behavior. Averett, Terrizzi, and Wang (2017) sought to explain variation in measurable weight and the incidence of disordered eating behaviors (anorexia and bulimia) among women attending college, using sorority membership as the endogenous independent variable. The authors instrumented sorority membership with membership in fraternities in the same college.…”

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The Use of Instrumental Variables in Higher Education Research

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Proteasa

Crăciun³

2020

Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

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Higher education researchers are often challenged by the difficulty of empirically validating causal links posited by theories or inferred from correlational observations. The instrumental variable (IV) estimation strategy is one approach that researchers can use to estimate the causal impact of various higher education-related interventions. In this chapter, we discuss how the body of quantitative research specifically devoted to higher education has made use of the IV estimation strategy: we describe how this estimation strategy was used to address causality concerns and provide examples of the types of IVs that were used in various subfields of higher education research. Our discussion is based on a systematic review of a corpus of econometric studies on higher education-related issues that spans the last 30 years. The chapter concludes with a critical discussion of the use of IVs in quantitative higher education research and a discussion of good practices when using an IV estimation strategy.

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The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders, Body Weight, and Disordered‐Eating Behaviors

Cited by 12 publications

References 49 publications

College Athletes Under Pressure: Eating Disorders Among Female Track and Field Athletes

College Athletes Under Pressure: Eating Disorders Among Female Track and Field Athletes

One size does not fit all: Implicit theories of body weight and body mass index interact to predict body image disturbances

The Use of Instrumental Variables in Higher Education Research

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