2024
Psychosocial burden of autoimmune blistering diseases: A comprehensive survey study
White M, Hoffman V, Yale M, Strong R, Tomayko M. Psychosocial burden of autoimmune blistering diseases: A comprehensive survey study. Journal Of The European Academy Of Dermatology And Venereology 2024 PMID: 38837452, DOI: 10.1111/jdv.20156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody image disturbanceQuality of lifeDepressive symptomatologyImage disturbanceHigher levels of depressive symptomatologyLevels of body image disturbanceIncreased incidence of psychiatric disordersLevels of depressive symptomatologyIncidence of psychiatric disordersSelf-reported psychiatric historyBody image variablesBody image dissatisfactionMental health supportSurvey studyPsychiatric disordersPsychosocial impairmentPsychiatric historyPsychological constructsStudy of adultsEmail distribution listsImage dissatisfactionSelf-reportHealth supportPsychosocial consequencesBody image
2010
Negative weight-based attitudes in treatment-seeking obese monolingual Hispanic patients with and without binge eating disorder
Puhl RM, White MA, Paris M, Anez LM, Silva MA, Grilo CM. Negative weight-based attitudes in treatment-seeking obese monolingual Hispanic patients with and without binge eating disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2010, 52: 737-743. PMID: 21193178, PMCID: PMC3131447, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorder psychopathologyNegative attitudesSample of EnglishPsychological functioningBody imageMonolingual SpanishCommunity mental health centerLatina groupsMental health centersPsychopathologyResearch cliniciansSemistructured interviewsBingeObese LatinosAttitudesRandomized placebo-controlled trialPlacebo-controlled trialLatino adultsParticipantsHispanic patientsConsecutive seriesDisordersObese personsHealth centersFunctioning
2005
Association of body size estimation and age in African-American females
Williamson D, White M, Newton R, Alfonso A, Stewart T. Association of body size estimation and age in African-American females. Eating And Weight Disorders - Studies On Anorexia, Bulimia And Obesity 2005, 10: 216-221. PMID: 16755165, DOI: 10.1007/bf03327488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American womenOlder African American womenAfrican American femalesYoung African American womenCurrent body sizeBody size dissatisfactionAge groupsAge rangeBody mass indexYounger age groupsReasonable body sizeBody imageMass indexCross-sectional research studyFunction of ageWomenLarge age rangeAgeBody image assessmentEthnic differences in the prediction of eating and body image disturbances among female adolescent psychiatric inpatients
White MA, Grilo CM. Ethnic differences in the prediction of eating and body image disturbances among female adolescent psychiatric inpatients. International Journal Of Eating Disorders 2005, 38: 78-84. PMID: 15971250, DOI: 10.1002/eat.20142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody image dissatisfactionFemale adolescent psychiatric inpatientsBody image disturbanceAdolescent psychiatric inpatientsImage disturbancePeer insecurityBody image domainsHypothesized componentsImage dissatisfactionBinge eatingDisorder symptomsPsychiatric inpatientsPredictor variablesDietary restraintBody imageDisorder featuresFemale adolescentsEatingSocial variablesAdolescent femalesCurrent studyEthnic groupsPredictorsDifferent patternsImpulsivity