Navigating feminist and biomedical conceptual frameworks in educational interventions for eating disorders
Spanish educators’ understandings of the causes and treatment of eating disorders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12260207 |
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| Authors | María García-Ruiz (Universitat de Barcelona), Paulo Padilla-Petry (0000-0002-8616-5644, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-313 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminism & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09593535221134173 |
| OpenAlex | W4307641629 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
The biomedical view of eating disorders (EDs) dominates in their classification and treatment regardless of the importance of sociocultural factors in EDs. Critical feminist approaches to EDs try to relate them to oppressive situations, disempowerment and the construction of gender. Educational interventions with people with EDs may be an alternative to biomedical approaches, giving them opportunities to tell their stories, listen to themselves and take control of their lives. This article presents a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with professionals who carry out educational interventions for people with EDs. Findings show that the biomedical description and treatment of EDs remain unchallenged and recognising client voice may be a problem, even in educational interventions. Also, the potential negative consequences of the rigid control of the clients’ lives seem to be ignored. Feminist approaches to EDs are acknowledged but do not seem to guide any intervention. Sociocultural critical stances that would recognise the coherence or the transitions between what is considered as healthy and sick eating also seem to be lacking
Eating disorders · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
Feeding Anorexia
El cuerpo y los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria
A Discussion of Chain Referral As a Method of Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations
One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis
Constructing ‘the eating disordered patient’1
Regulating “untrustworthy patients”
Invoking and inscribing mental illness
Social constructionist contributions to critiques of psychiatric diagnosis and classification
The eating disorder recovery assemblage
Blindness to the obvious’? Treatment experiences and feminist approaches to eating disorders
Objectification Theory and Psychology of Women
Why Fat is a Feminist Issue
Hunger Hurts, but Starving Works”. The Moral Conversion to Eating Disorders
Disordered eating and disordered schooling
Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Disciplining the feminine
The role of sociocultural perspectives in eating disorder treatment
Using Cartographies to Map Time and Space in Teacher Learning in and Outside School
The anorexic body
| Highly cited | No |
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