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Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Development, Maintenance and Treatment Outcome of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders (EDs) are mental disorders characterized by altered eating habits and excessive concerns about weight and body shape. They arise mainly during adolescence and predominantly affect females. The three most common types of EDs are: •Anorexia nervosa (AN), which is characterized by restriction of food intake, significant low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and disturbances in body shape and weight experience; •Bulimia nervosa (BN), which is characterized by recurrent binge-eating episodes followed by behaviors that compensate for the overeating (i.e., self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise, or extreme use of laxatives, enemas or diuretics), and self-evaluat...
Eating Disorders and Obesity
Eating Disorders have traditionally been considered apart from public health concerns about increasing obesity. It is evident that these problems are, however, related in important ways. Comorbid obesity and eating disorder is increasing at a faster rate than either obesity or eating disorders alone and one in five people with obesity also presents with an Eating Disorder, commonly but not limited to Binge Eating Disorder. New disorders have emerged such as normal weight or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. However research and practice too often occurs in parallel with a failure to understand the weight disorder spectrum and consequences of co-morbidity that then contributes to poorer outcomes for people living with a larger size and an Eating Disorder. Urgently needed are trials that will inform more effective assessment, treatment and care where body size and eating disorder symptoms are both key to the research question.
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Awareness of the importance of nutrition and physical activity for good health has given rise to a multitude of projects with different scopes and methodologies. This variety makes it necessary to bring the results of these activities into a coordinated framework. This book aims to summarize the activities carried out by the EU countries to address these determinants of health. Contributors are drawn from Germany, Italy, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
Rasch Models
Thirty-two years after the publication of the legendary 'Rasch book' (Rasch, 1960), the rich literature on the Rasch model and its extensions was scattered in journals and many less accessible sources, including 'grey' literature. When asked by students or junior researchers for references to the Rasch model, it was a typical reaction on the part of the editors to state that it was difficult to name one, or just a few; actually, only a whole list of references differing in notation and level of formal abstraction seemed to meet the request in most cases. Therefore, in 1992 the editors decided to invite a number of outstanding authors in the field of Rasch modeling to contribute to a book pre...
Evaluation: Standards in unterschiedlichen Handlungsfeldern
Evaluationsstandards formulieren zentrale Ansprüche an Evaluationen, denen diese in der Praxis folgen sollen. So definieren die „Standards für Evaluation“ der Gesellschaft für Evaluation (DeGEval) Nützlichkeit, Durchführbarkeit, Fairness und Genauigkeit als übergreifende Merkmale guter Evaluation. Der vorliegende Sammelband nimmt die 2016 verabschiedete erste Revision der DeGEval-Standards zum Anlass, Anspruch und Realität von Evaluationsstandards zu beleuchten sowie deren Umsetzungsstand und Zukunft in ausgewählten Bereichen zu diskutieren. Dabei wird einerseits die Perspektive unterschiedlicher Politik- und Handlungsfelder eingenommen, andererseits erfolgt die Betrachtung aus Perspektive übergreifender Themen wie Professionalisierung, Methoden, Gender und Ethik. Der Band will damit allen Evaluationsinteressierten vielfältige Einblicke in die Anwendung und Anwendbarkeit von Standards in der Evaluationspraxis geben und Optionen und Herausforderungen bei ihrer nachhaltigeren Umsetzung aufzeigen.
Klinisch-psychiatrische Ratingskalen für das Kindes- und Jugendalter
Der Band liefert eine umfassende Sammlung von über 90 Verfahren, die die zentralen Erlebens- und Verhaltenssymptome klinisch-psychiatrischer Störungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen bis zum Alter von 17 Jahren erfasst. Bei allen Instrumenten handelt es sich um psychometrische Skalen, die an deutschsprachigen Stichproben evaluiert wurden. Mit den vorgestellten Verfahren können u.a. Angststörungen, Autismus, Belastungsstörungen, Depressive Störungen, Emotionale Störungen, Essstörungen, Hyperkinetische Störungen, Persönlichkeitsstörungen und Störungen des Sozialverhaltens erfasst werden. Nach einer Einführung bieten die einheitlich und übersichtlich aufgebauten Testbeschreibungen ei...
Lehrbuch Schulische Gesundheitsförderung
Quer durch alle Schulsysteme zeigt sich der Gesundheitsstatus der Schuljugend als problematisch, was mit Bewegungsmangel, falscher Ernährung, Rauchen, Alkohol- und Drogenkonsum einhergeht. Diese Probleme hängen nicht nur mit den Bedingungen in der Schule zusammen, sie haben auch Rückwirkungen auf die Schule als Organisation.Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an alle, die sich beruflich, in Studium oder Ausbildung oder in der Praxis mit Schulischer Gesundheitsförderung beschäftigen. Eine Vielzahl von Autorinnen und Autoren aus Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz haben dazu einen Beitrag geliefert. Das Buch beinhaltet Ausführungen zu Konzepten und Aktivitäten der Gesundheitsförderung im...
Meeting the Teaching and Learning Challenges in 21st Century Higher Education
Universal design has traditionally focused on learning spaces—that is, the physical buildings and areas that support teaching and learning. This book takes a broad interpretation of this concept to include a specific focus on teaching and learning practice in higher education. It draws from the expertise of a range of professionals working in higher education across three countries (the UK, China and Malaysia), thus giving voice to rarely explored debates around teaching and learning, but also drawing from different cultural perspectives. The volume also explores challenges that arise when delivering higher education courses in the 21st century and possible solutions that attempt to address such challenges. As such, it has a practical focus that will appeal to HE practitioners who are keen to enhance their own practice and, as a consequence, student outcomes.
