Julie Holt

Hi Julie and Kristy, I think that you’ve done a really nice job of organizing your information and making it clear, well articulated, and aesthetic.  The videos and visuals you’ve selected are great, all very appropriate.  The style of writing you’ve integrated is clear and concise.   If I were going to emphasize any one thing to help improve this page, I would advocate for more information.  There is such an enormous body of literature available to pull from as many research studies on body image and protective factors are conducted throughout college campuses, utilizing quantitative and qualitative data from this age group. And while we tend to think of early adolescents as being a markedly volatile time period for young women, as women leave the family unit and increase personal freedoms and self-identity, this can also be an extremely tumultuous time in a young woman’s life.  If I were consuming this information from th...

Julie and Kristy, I chose to review the psychosocial section of the late adolescence age group. I found the bulleted statements easy to intake. The three sections are clearly labeled. I appreciated the strength of the in-text citations and the quality of the writing in the statements. Sometimes the thought seemed disjointed, however. The most interesting topic for me was the transition period from high to school to college and that the risks of psychosocial struggles here are high. I felt that this could have been expanded into many more directions of thought. Another strong point was the fact that cortisol levels present in women differently than in men. This is an important idea in many stages and considerations. This is related to stress and emotional responses as well as physical manifestations. Disordered eating seemed to be a large focus of this blog. While an important consideration, I'm not sure there aren't other conditions just as worrisome to this age group....