Achieving Anorexia: An Improbable but Possible Aspiration Among College-Age Students
Goldberg, Kate L
Goldberg, Kate L
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My research examines the extent and degree to which undergraduate students engage with pro-ana websites, whether this engagement leads to internalization of pro-ana messages, and whether internalization mediates a hypothesized relationship between engagement in pro-ana communities, eating disorder symptoms, and positive attitudes toward anorexia nervosa (AN) and/or AN-associated thinness. This research will also examine the extent to which pro-ana related behaviors and attitudes correlate with demographic variables, body satisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology. Through this research, I hope to also touch upon whether the presence of the low body-weight criterium for AN in the DSM-V may play a role in eating disorder development, maintenance, and issues with recovery.
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Undergraduate
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2020-01-01