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      Narratives of males with eating disorders

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      Date
      2004-08-30
      Author
      Ashuk, Ryan M.
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      For years, eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have been studied extensively among adolescent girls and young women. However, despite recent research revealing a significant percentage of men display behaviours related to eating disorders, their individual experiences remain relatively unstudied. Additionally, given the reality that many males usually conceal or deny having the disorder, few studies yielding in-depth accounts of their lived experiences have also not been completed. This study, however, examined, through narrative inquiry, the experiences of two young adult males who were medically diagnosed with and treated, or were presently being treated, for disordered eating. Though each was not impervious to societal and familial pressures to look and be perfect, such pressures, tragically, were exacerbated by the pronounced fear, and actual experience, of being stigmatized by helping professionals. These findings provide a preliminary understanding of the threat that disordered eating poses for males, irrespective of background and lifestyle. Aside from having implications for theory, these findings are also expected to contribute in ways that will help to inform the practices of counsellors and therapists in the field of psychology.
      Degree
      Master of Education (M.Ed.)
      Department
      Educational Psychology and Special Education
      Program
      Educational Psychology and Special Education
      Supervisor
      Pawlovich, Walt
      Committee
      Schwean, Vicki L.; Robinson, Sam; Nicol, Jennifer A. J.; Wickett, R. E. Y. (Reg)
      Copyright Date
      August 2004
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-09192004-151449
      Subject
      Males
      Narratives
      Eating Disorders
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