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LIBER8 design and methods: An integrative intervention for loss of control eating among African American and White adolescent girlsSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States Electronic address
Contemp Clin Trials 34:174-85. 2013..The feasibility and acceptability of this intervention will be extensively evaluated with the explicit intent of informing a subsequent larger randomized controlled trial...
Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health (NOURISH): design and methodsSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 33:515-22. 2012..This study is designed explicitly to gather preliminary feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness data to inform a subsequent larger randomized controlled trial...- A twin study of specific bulimia nervosa symptomsS E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Psychol Med 40:1203-13. 2010..The validity of the equal environment assumption (EEA) for BN was also tested... - Assessing the heritability of anorexia nervosa symptoms using a marginal maximal likelihood approachS E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Psychol Med 39:463-73. 2009..We examined genetic and environmental contributions to liability to anorexia nervosa (AN) symptoms in a population-based twin sample using a genetic common pathway model... 
Effects of a reality TV cosmetic surgery makeover program on eating disordered attitudes and behaviorsSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Eat Behav 8:390-7. 2007..To evaluate the effects of a reality TV cosmetic surgery program on eating disordered attitudes, behaviors, mood, anxiety, and self-esteem...- A cluster analysis of symptom patterns and adjustment in Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorderSuzanne E Mazzeo
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284, USA
J Clin Psychol 58:1555-71. 2002..Clinicians can consider this heterogeneity in their treatment decisions... - Associations among postpartum depression, eating disorders, and perfectionism in a population-based sample of adult womenSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284 2018, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:202-11. 2006..The current study investigated associations among eating disorders, depressive symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum, and perfectionism in a population-based sample of women... - Gender and binge eating among bariatric surgery candidatesSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 7:47-52. 2006..However, among men, only depression contributed to binge eating scores. These findings provide evidence for the significance of binge eating and depression among both male and female bariatric surgery candidates... - Binge eating among African American and Caucasian bariatric surgery candidatesSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 808 W Franklin St, P O Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, United States
Eat Behav 6:189-96. 2005..These results further highlight African Americans' vulnerability to EDs, and suggest that depression and low self esteem are equally relevant to binge eating in African American and Caucasian women... - Parenting concerns of women with histories of eating disordersSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284 2018, USA
Int J Eat Disord 37:S77-9; discussion S87-9. 2005..The current article reviews the literature on parenting among women with EDs, and outlines the process of developing an intervention addressing their parenting concerns... - Characteristics of men with persistent thinnessSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Obes Res 12:1367-9. 2004..Although Western society is increasingly obesogenic, some individuals maintain low weights. Thin women manifest fewer eating disorders and higher self-esteem. However, little is known about persistently thin men... - Investigating the structure of the eating inventory (three-factor eating questionnaire): a confirmatory approachSuzanne E Mazzeo
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284 2018, USA
Int J Eat Disord 34:255-64. 2003..To investigate the internal structure of the Eating Inventory using confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) methods... - An exploration of body dissatisfaction and perceptions of Black and White girls enrolled in an intervention for overweight childrenN R Kelly
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Body Image 8:379-84. 2011..Additional research is needed to enhance understanding of children's body size perceptions and dissatisfaction to inform assessment and treatment of pediatric obesity and associated disordered eating symptoms... - Binge eating disorder: a symptom-level investigation of genetic and environmental influences on liabilityK S Mitchell
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Psychol Med 40:1899-906. 2010.... - Environmental and genetic risk factors for eating disorders: what the clinician needs to knowSuzanne E Mazzeo
Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 18:67-82. 2009..In this article the authors discuss what is known about genetic and environmental risk factors with an emphasis on gene-environment interplay to improve clinicians' comfort level in discussing these complex issues with their patients... - Characteristics of monozygotic male and female twins discordant for overweight: a descriptive studyKaren S Mitchell
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 9:366-9. 2008..BMI is highly heritable. Yet, trends in obesity highlight environmental influences on body weight. Monozygotic (MZ) twins discordant for overweight offer a unique opportunity to examine these factors... - The relation between eating disorders and components of perfectionismCynthia M Bulik
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:366-8. 2003..The authors' goal was to explore the relation between perfectionism and psychopathology, including eating disorders... - Preventing weight gain in first year college students: an online intervention to prevent the "freshman fifteen"Rachel W Gow
Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 W Franklin St, PO Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 11:33-9. 2010..The combined intervention group had lower BMIs at post-testing than the other three groups. This study demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of an online intervention to prevent weight gain among college students... - Six-month dietary changes in ethnically diverse, obese adolescents participating in a multidisciplinary weight management programMelanie K Bean
Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:408-16. 2011..Findings suggest that participation in this multidisciplinary treatment helped participants make behaviorally based dietary changes, which were associated with improved dietary intakes and health status... - An investigation of a measure of twins' equal environmentsKaren S Mitchell
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Twin Res Hum Genet 10:840-7. 2007..Measurement invariance issues, as well as distributions of equal environments traits, should be considered when evaluating the equal environments assumption, in order to produce accurate parameter estimates in twin models... - Family factors as correlates of diet in relatives of colon cancer patientsMelanie K Bean
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:347-55. 2008..To examine family social support and closeness to the patient for their association with diet in first-degree relatives (FDRs) of colon cancer patients... - Association between broadly defined bulimia nervosa and drug use disorders: common genetic and environmental influencesJessica H Baker
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:673-8. 2007..Previous research has shown an association between bulimia (BN) and drug use disorders (DUD). The purpose of the present study was to investigate possible influences on the comorbidity between BN and DUD... - Mediators of the association between abuse and disordered eating in undergraduate menKaren S Mitchell
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 808 W Franklin St, P O Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 6:318-27. 2005..These results are somewhat different than those found in exclusively female samples, highlighting the importance of specifically examining EDs and their correlates among men... - Binge eating and psychological distress in ethnically diverse undergraduate men and womenKaren S Mitchell
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 5:157-69. 2004..Eating disorders of all types may be more prevalent among African American undergraduates than previously thought. These results highlight the need to study binge eating and its correlates in this traditionally underserved group... - Gender, ethnicity, psychosocial factors, and quality of life among severely overweight, treatment-seeking adolescentsMarilyn Stern
Department of Psychology and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 808 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:90-4. 2007..Self-esteem was examined as a potential mediator of the association between weight-related teasing and quality of life (QOL)... - The role of depression and dissociation in the relationship between childhood trauma and bulimic symptoms among ethnically diverse female undergraduatesClarice K Gerke
Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 842018, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA
Child Abuse Negl 30:1161-72. 2006..Results also suggest that emotional abuse is a form of childhood trauma particularly relevant to bulimia... - Innovative interventions for disordered eating: evaluating dissonance-based and yoga interventionsKaren S Mitchell
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:120-8. 2007..The most promising interventions are both selective and interactive. This study compared two newer types of interventions that meet these criteria: cognitive dissonance and yoga programs... - Ambiguity and judgments of obese individuals: no news could be bad newsKathryn M Ross
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, United States
Eat Behav 10:152-6. 2009..These results have practical implications for reducing obesity bias, as the etiology of obesity is typically not known in real-life situations... - A twin study of dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger: an examination of the eating inventory (three factor eating questionnaire)Benjamin M Neale
Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Twin Res 6:471-8. 2003..Furthermore, Restraint appeared to be empirically distinct from Hunger or Disinhibition... - The structure of perfectionism: a twin studyFederica Tozzi
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
Behav Genet 34:483-94. 2004..The better fitting independent pathway model provided evidence of non-trivial differences in the pattern of heritability for CM, DA, and PS... - MCMI-II profiles of women with eating disorders: a cluster analytic investigationDorothy L Espelage
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 226 Education Bldg, 1310 S 6th St, Champaign, IL 61820 6990, USA
J Pers Disord 16:453-63. 2002..Cluster membership was not associated with eating disorder subtype, suggesting that there is considerable variance in personality pathology within eating disorder diagnostic categories... - Genetic epidemiology, endophenotypes, and eating disorder classificationCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:S52-60. 2007..To explore how genetic epidemiology has informed the identification of endophenotypes and how endophenotypes may inform future classification of eating disorders... - Examining the construct validity of the Eating Disorder InventoryDorothy L Espelage
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 226 Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 6990, USA
Psychol Assess 15:71-80. 2003..The archival clinic sample scored significantly higher on the 8 EDI scales than the nonpatient college comparison sample (n = 487)...
Research Grants
- Genetic Epidemiology of Eating Disordered BehaviorSuzanne Mazzeo; Fiscal Year: 2007..It will also provide Dr. Mazzeo with the requisite training to become an independent investigator in the genetic epidemiology of eating disorders. ..