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Eating concerns and media influences in an Irish adolescent context.

dc.contributor.authorMcNicholas, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorLydon, Alma
dc.contributor.authorLennon, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorDooley, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-25T08:30:42Z
dc.date.available2011-07-25T08:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.identifier.citationEating concerns and media influences in an Irish adolescent context. 2009, 17 (3):208-13 Eur Eat Disord Reven
dc.identifier.issn1099-0968
dc.identifier.pmid19253903
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/erv.916
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/136763
dc.descriptionObjective: EPICA is the first large-scale Irish study of a school-going population examining the impact of media influences on eating attitudes. Method: Students were screened using the EAT-26, EDI-III and a study-specific questionnaire. A sub-sample of parents’ views was included. Results: Three thousand and thirty-one students (mean age 14.74) and 56 parents enrolled. The majority (71.4%) of adolescents felt adversely affected by media portrayal of body weight and shape, with more than a quarter (25.6%) believing it to be ‘far too thin’. A significant correlation between media impact and high EAT scores (x2¼450.78, df¼2, p<0.05) and EDI-III scores (x2¼387.51, df¼4, p<0.05) was demonstrated. Parents also view media portrayal as too thin (94.7%), less than half are adversely affected by it (49.2%) but the majority (71.9%) believe their children to be. Conclusion: Media portrayal of body weight and shape is correlated with eating psychopathology and may affect adolescents more than adults. School psycho-educational programmes and media policies are urgently needed to minimise any detrimental effect. Copyright # 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.en
dc.description.abstractEPICA is the first large-scale Irish study of a school-going population examining the impact of media influences on eating attitudes.
dc.description.abstractStudents were screened using the EAT-26, EDI-III and a study-specific questionnaire. A sub-sample of parents' views was included.
dc.description.abstractThree thousand and thirty-one students (mean age 14.74) and 56 parents enrolled. The majority (71.4%) of adolescents felt adversely affected by media portrayal of body weight and shape, with more than a quarter (25.6%) believing it to be 'far too thin'. A significant correlation between media impact and high EAT scores (chi2 = 450.78, df = 2, p < 0.05) and EDI-III scores (chi2 = 387.51, df = 4, p < 0.05) was demonstrated. Parents also view media portrayal as too thin (94.7%), less than half are adversely affected by it (49.2%) but the majority (71.9%) believe their children to be.
dc.description.abstractMedia portrayal of body weight and shape is correlated with eating psychopathology and may affect adolescents more than adults. School psycho-educational programmes and media policies are urgently needed to minimise any detrimental effect.
dc.description.sponsorshipSt. John of God Services Research Committeeen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=19253903en
dc.subjectEating Disordersen
dc.subjectMedia influencesen
dc.subjectEPICA studyen
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAge Factors
dc.subject.meshBody Image
dc.subject.meshBody Mass Index
dc.subject.meshBody Weight
dc.subject.meshEating
dc.subject.meshFeeding Behavior
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIreland
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMass Media
dc.subject.meshPersonal Satisfaction
dc.subject.meshQuestionnaires
dc.subject.meshSelf Concept
dc.subject.meshSex Factors
dc.subject.meshStudents
dc.titleEating concerns and media influences in an Irish adolescent context.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin12, Ireland. Fiona.mcnicholas@sjog.ieen
dc.identifier.journalEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Associationen
html.description.abstractEPICA is the first large-scale Irish study of a school-going population examining the impact of media influences on eating attitudes.
html.description.abstractStudents were screened using the EAT-26, EDI-III and a study-specific questionnaire. A sub-sample of parents' views was included.
html.description.abstractThree thousand and thirty-one students (mean age 14.74) and 56 parents enrolled. The majority (71.4%) of adolescents felt adversely affected by media portrayal of body weight and shape, with more than a quarter (25.6%) believing it to be 'far too thin'. A significant correlation between media impact and high EAT scores (chi2 = 450.78, df = 2, p < 0.05) and EDI-III scores (chi2 = 387.51, df = 4, p < 0.05) was demonstrated. Parents also view media portrayal as too thin (94.7%), less than half are adversely affected by it (49.2%) but the majority (71.9%) believe their children to be.
html.description.abstractMedia portrayal of body weight and shape is correlated with eating psychopathology and may affect adolescents more than adults. School psycho-educational programmes and media policies are urgently needed to minimise any detrimental effect.


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