• 68.6% of respondents have monthly/
weekly/daily availability of an eating
disorder specialist, and of those, 96.3%
stated it is very/extremely important.
• Overall, 94.9% of respondents stated a
mental health professional with an eat-
ing disorder specialty is somewhat (7.6%)
or very/extremely (87.3%) important.
• Of those who don’t offer a specialist (25
respondents), 84% state it is somewhat
or very/extremely important.
• P–value of .001 indicates that we cannot
reject the hypothesis that the impor-
tance variable is independent from the
frequency variable.
Body Image or Making Peace with
Food groups for Students
(117 respondents)
• Only 17% knew of monthly/weekly/daily
groups, but 90% of those respondents
stated they are very/extremely impor-
tant, indicating an unmet need at most
of the institutions.
• 15% of respondents didn’t know and 44%
stated groups aren’t offered, but 70.1%
of all respondents said they are very/
extremely important.
• P–value of .204 indicates that we cannot
reject the hypothesis that the importance
variable is independent from the fre-
quency variable.
Individual Psychotherapy for Eating
Disorder Issues (117 respondents)
Programs/Workshops about Eating
Disorders and Body Image
(117 respondents)
• 77.8% of respondents knew psycho-
therapy is available monthly/weekly/
daily on their campus, and 95.6% of them
say it is very/extremely important. No
respondents stated that it is not impor-
tant. • Overall, respondents believe individual
psychotherapy is important, with 89.7%
of respondents stating it is very/extremely
important, regardless of whether it is
offered on their campus.
• P–value of .000 strongly indicates that
we can reject the hypothesis that the
importance variable is independent from
the frequency variable
• Overall, 74.4% offer such programs once
per semester/year (69 respondents) or
monthly/weekly/daily (18 respondents),
and of those, 94% state such groups are
very/extremely or somewhat important.
Only 6% stated they do not believe they
are important.
• Of those who said groups are not offered
(16.2% of respondents), 78.9% believe
they are very/extremely important, indi-
cating a need for programming on cam-
puses currently lacking such resources.
• P–value of .001 indicates that we cannot
reject the hypothesis that the importance
variable is independent from the fre-
quency variable.
Articles in Newsletter, Magazine or
Web for Alumni (119 respondents)
• Overall, information to alumni was not
rated nearly as important as other resources.
27.7% of respondents stated information
available to alumni is not important,
On-Staff Counselor/Psychologist/
Psychiatrist with a Specialization in
Eating Disorders (118 respondents)
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