Poster #36 - The Social-Emotional and Academic Functioning of Children at Risk for Disordered Eating Behaviors

• In Event: 15.062 - MTCC Poster Session One
  In Poster Session: 15.062-3 - Division E: Counseling Poster Session

Abstract

Disordered eating behaviors can take on many forms, including restricting one’s intake in an effort to lose weight, binge eating (feeling the loss of control and eating an overabundance of food), purging one’s food (purposely vomiting) and using diuretics and/or laxatives for compensation. There are few studies on the school functioning of K-12 students who are at-risk or struggling with disordered eating habits. This study examines the relationship between self-reported school functioning outcomes (social-emotional and academic) and restrictive eating behaviors in a middle school sample. Results show that social-emotional functioning was significantly associated with restrictive eating behaviors, while academic functioning was not significantly associated with restrictive eating behaviors.

Authors

• Nicole Faraci, SUNY - College at Oneonta

• Rachel Oblath, Boston University

• Jennifer Greif Green, Boston University