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Document Type

Poster Presentation

Abstract

Eating disorders pose major health risks to today's college age woman. The American Psychological Association estimates that one to three percent of the population suffers from bulimia nervosa and .5 percent suffers from anorexia nervosa (American Psychological Association, 2000). Women contribute to at least ninety percent of all cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (AP A, 2000). Characteristics of a person with eating disorder pathology include upper class social standing. This has led some people to assume that college women are prime candidates for these disorders. To effectively deal with the problem of eating disorders among college women, it is essential to look at social environments that may promote eating disordered behaviors in college. Many studies focus on the psychological aspects of eating disorders, but fewer focus on social groups in developing or maintaining an eating disorder. The goal of this study is to determine whether sororities, obvious social groups, have higher prevalence rates of eating disorders than does a group of college women not associated with such a clearly defined social group. The purpose of this study is to add to current research regarding sororities and eating disorders, as there is so little presently.

Publication Date

2003

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

144

Last Page

147

Copyright

©2003 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

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