PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bulimia Nervosa, Dsm-5, Underweight
Document Summary
Eds are more common among women who: Live in industrialized nations that prefer thinner body types. Move west from eastern nations than those living in eastern nations. Culture: thinness good looks feeling valuable/worthy. Women valued more for looks than men with thinness being seen as the ideal form. Over time, cultural ideal for women"s body size and shape has become considerably thinner. Prevalence of eds has risen as body ideal became thinner. Greater internalization of beauty standards greater. Bulimia has been more influenced by changing standards than anorexia. In anorexia, perceive families as close, conflict-less. With anorexia, families tend to be enmeshed: Intrusive, overly-controlling parenting child overly controls eating. Some parents model unhealthy eating & body image. Others directly pressure children to be thin. Taking pride in controlling diet and weight. Control gives sense of autonomy for those attempting to be overly compliant to parents or societal rules. Set unrealistically high standards, are self- critical, demand flawlessness.
