Harrison, A;
(2017)
Impact of the Quality of Pastoral Care on the Incidence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Schools.
Journal of Psychology & Clinical Psychiatry
, 7
(4)
, Article 00445. 10.15406/jpcpy.2017.07.00445.
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Abstract
Peak age for eating disorder (ED) onset is 10-19 years; therefore schools are well-positioned to promote prevention and support at-risk individuals. However, to date, little is known about the possible role that school-based pastoral support might provide in this context. This study aimed to investigate whether students’ ED pathology differed depending on the quality of school-based pastoral care. Four hundred and twenty-five participants from five UK schools (52% female; n =221) aged 16-19 (M=17.14, SD=0.76) completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the Health of the Nations Outcomes Scale for Children and Adolescents. A rating system was applied to rate each school’s pastoral care quality, operationalised as available student support, staff training/knowledge regarding EDs and ED-related school policies. Pastoral care quality had a significant, medium-sized impact on ED symptom prevalence (ηp²=.06), with higher quality care resulting in lower ED symptomatology. Additionally, overall wellbeing was also higher in schools with better quality pastoral care (ηp² =0.05). High quality pastoral care may be a useful tool in fighting disordered eating in adolescents.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Impact of the Quality of Pastoral Care on the Incidence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Schools |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15406/jpcpy.2017.07.00445 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.15406/jpcpy.2017.07.00445 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en |
| Keywords: | Eating disorders; Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Adolescents; Schools; Prevention; Detection |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10061918 |
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