PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Muscle Dysmorphia, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Binge Eating
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By the end of today"s class you should be able to: Identify risk factors for eating disorders: describe body dysmorphia and muscle dysmorphia, review the diagnostic criteria for personality disorders listed in the dsm, discuss sex differences in rates of personality disorders. Identify gender biases in the diagnostic criteria for personality disorders. Eating disorders are associated with a lack of autonomy, a lack of control, a lack of self-esteem, strivings for perfection and achievement, depression, and anxiety: societal factors: media, parental and peer pressure. Media, parental, and peer pressure have been linked to eating disorders in both females and males. Media: negative source of body image, viewing magazines for both females and males is associated with greater dissatisfaction (after looking at magazines, the sexes feel less satisfied with their body and show concern for their weight) Parents who emphasize body weight (their own of their kid"s weight) serve as a negative role model for their children.
