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Attitudes Towards Anorexia Nervosa: Volitional Stigma Differences In A Sample Of Pre-Clinical Medicine And Psychology Students, Amy Bannatyne, Peta Stapleton Apr 2016

Attitudes Towards Anorexia Nervosa: Volitional Stigma Differences In A Sample Of Pre-Clinical Medicine And Psychology Students, Amy Bannatyne, Peta Stapleton

Peta B. Stapleton

Background:

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a highly stigmatised condition, with treatment often involving multidisciplinary care. As such, understanding and comparing the attitudes of emerging mental health and medical professionals towards AN, within the content of sex-based differences, is pertinent to facilitate the development of targeted stigma interventions.

Aims:

Examine the volitional stigmatisation of AN in emerging medical and mental health professionals.

Method:

Participants (N = 126) were medical (n = 41) and psychology students (n = 85) who completed a range of attitudinal outcome measures (e.g. Causal Attributions Scale, Eating Disorder Stigma Scale, Opinions Scale, Characteristics Scale and Affective Reaction …


Taming Toddlers, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon Dec 2009

Taming Toddlers, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.


Taming Toddlers, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon Dec 2009

Taming Toddlers, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.


Languages Of Love, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon Dec 2007

Languages Of Love, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.


What Women Want, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon Dec 2006

What Women Want, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.


What Is Body Image, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon Dec 2006

What Is Body Image, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.