title: Gender differences found in a qualitative study of a disordered eating prevention programme: What do boys have to say?
abstract: Qualitative studies examining gender differences of eating disorder prevention programmes are scarce. We aimed to evaluate gender differences in adolescents who participated in a larger study on effectiveness of a disordered eating prevention programme. Perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic models, media influences, prevention programmes and emerging topics from 12 school-going boys who received a media-literacy programme (n = 4), media-literacy plus nutrition-awareness programme (n = 4) or neither (n = 4) were explored using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and compared with previous results in girls. Findings suggest that the prevention programme is effective for both genders. Gender differences and consumer-culture influences may be considered in future interventions.
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Avaluació i Intervenció en Imatge Corporal, Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcela L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Avaluació i Intervenció en Imatge Corporal, Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.affiliation: Laboratori d'Estadística Aplicada, Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penelo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Psychiatry, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas's Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Avaluació i Intervenció en Imatge Corporal, Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain rosa.raich@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Raich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001504:Beauty; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: adolescent gender differences; disordered eating; media literacy; prevention programme; qualitative research