Francisco, R., Narciso, I., & Alarcoa, M. (2013). Parental influences on elite aesthetic athletes body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 22(8), 10821091. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
As you review this article, focus on parental influence and its effects on children and adolescent body image.
Hargreaves, D. A., & Tiggemann, M. (2004). Idealized media images and adolescent body image: Comparing boys and girls. Body Image, 1(4), 351361. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
As you review this article, focus on the differences between boys and girls ideas of body image.
Lacoste, S. M. (2017). Looking for the origins of anorexia nervosa in adolescence-a new treatment approach. Aggression and violent behavior, 36, 76-80. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Scarborough, J. (2018). Family-Based Therapy for Pediatric Anorexia Nervosa: Highlighting the Implementation Challenges. The Family Journal, 26(1), 90-98. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Smolak, L. (2004). Body image in children and adolescents: Where do we go from here? Body Image, 1(1), 1528. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
As you review this article, focus on how poor body image might have serious impacts on children and adolescents.
Document: DSM-5 Bridge Document: Eating Disorders and Body Image (PDF)
Use this document to guide your understanding of eating disorders and body image for this weeks Discussion and AssignmentThe Assignment (2:3 pages):
Explain two differences between normal variations of body image and a diagnosable eating disorder.
Explain three key elements that you would include in an intervention for the prevention of eating disorders.
Explain which of the three key elements would be developmentally appropriate for children and developmentally appropriate for adolescents, and explain why.
Explain which of the three key elements might apply best to males and which of the three key elements might apply best to females, and explain why. Be specific.
Justify your response using the weeks resources and the current literature.








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