Question 1

According to Sirles, the majority of research dealing with women's efforts to control and manage their weight has

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Sirles points out that research has not adequately recognized the lengths to which women go, including the use of both legal and illegal drugs, to meet American beauty standards.

Question 2

The research methodology employed by Sirles in her study of drug use and disordered eating included

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Sirles used in-depth life history interviews from a convenience sample of college women at a large public university as her research methodology.

Question 3

Based on her research into drug use and disordered eating, Sirles offers a fourfold typology of instrumental drug users based on the following two dimensions

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The correct answer is D because the typology is based on the type of drug use and drug using foundation.

Question 4

All of the following represent categories Sirles defines as part of the four types of instrumental drug users EXCEPT

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Sirles does not define "hedonists" as one of the four types of instrumental drug users. The categories defined by Sirles include scroungers, conventional over-conformists, and opportunists.

Question 5

According to Sirles typology, the category of women who reported a history of disordered eating prior to their instrumental prescription drug use for weight loss

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Conventional over-conformists are women who have a history of disordered eating and use prescription drugs instrumentally for weight loss, aligning with societal norms of thinness.

Question 6

According to Sirles typology, the category of women who used prescription drugs recreationally or medicinally prior to their instrumental use for weight control

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Journeyers are women who initially used prescription drugs for recreational or medicinal purposes before using them instrumentally for weight control.

Question 7

According to Sirles typology, the category of women who reported a history of disordered eating only later turning to street drugs for weight control

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Question 8

According to Sirles typology, the category of women who reported initially using street drugs recreationally, and only later transformed their drug use into an instrumental pattern for weight control, is

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Opportunists are women who initially use street drugs recreationally, and only later transform their drug use into an instrumental pattern for weight control.

Question 9

For the most part, as an example of loner deviance, women in Sirles study reported utilizing

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In Sirles' study, women reported using lies and secrecy to keep their deviance hidden, which is an example of loner deviance where individuals may not seek social support or mentorship but instead choose to hide their deviant behavior.

Question 10

In order to manage the impressions of others about them the women in Sirles' study had to navigate a number of practical hurdles including all of the following EXCEPT

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The women in Sirles' study did not become drug dealers themselves to support their drug use; instead, they faced other challenges like health consequences, financing drug use, and monitoring physical symptoms.

Question 11

Discuss and explain the significant contribution Sirles makes in her study of drug use and disordered eating to the literature on disordered eating by her focus on instrumental drug use. What is unique about her approach and how does it depart from previous research in this area? Do you agree this is a much neglected phenomenon worthy of explicit study-why or why not?

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Question 12

Describe and explain each of the four categories of instrumental drug use Sirles posits: conventional over-conformists, journeyers, opportunists and scroungers. Provide clear examples of each, explaining the role of secrecy among both licit and illicit instrumental substance users in each of these cases. Based on your own college experience, do any of these types appear to represent the most common or frequent pathway to instrumental drug use to control eating? Have you ever been aware of anyone fitting into one or more of these categories? Or do you think the loner nature of this form of deviance pretty much keeps this form of deviance hidden from view?

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Question 13

In general eating disorders among women are seen as the result of individual efforts to conform to the cultural emphasis on the American ideal of feminine beauty. Explain how and why the general area of instrumental drug use in connection with weight control that Sirles brings to light, although an interesting case, is for the most part no different than other types of non-instrumental drug use on this score. Do you think many of us would view such deviance more positively for this reason?

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Question 14

Explain based on Sirles study of drug use and disordered eating, the two practical hurdles associated with instrumental drug use: dealing with health consequences on one's own as well as financing drug use.

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Quiz 32: Drug Use and Disordered Eating Among College Women