Gender differences found in a qualitative study of a disordered eating prevention programme: What do boys have to say?

Autor: Eva Penelo, Elizabeth Goddard, Marisol Mora, Rosa M. Raich, Marcela L. González, Janet Treasure
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Health Psychology. 20:858-874
ISSN: 1461-7277
1359-1053
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315573426
Popis: Qualitative studies examining gender differences of eating disorder prevention programmes are scarce. We aimed to evaluate gender differences in adolescents who participated in a larger study on effectiveness of a disordered eating prevention programme. Perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic models, media influences, prevention programmes and emerging topics from 12 school-going boys who received a media-literacy programme ( n = 4), media-literacy plus nutrition-awareness programme ( n = 4) or neither ( n = 4) were explored using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and compared with previous results in girls. Findings suggest that the prevention programme is effective for both genders. Gender differences and consumer-culture influences may be considered in future interventions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE