Sociotropic cognition and eating disordered attitudes and behavior in young adults

Pedlow, C. Teal; Niemeier, Heather M.

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.10.001

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“…Self-worth that is contingent on external factors, such as appearance or the need for others' approval, has been linked to a range of disordered eating behaviours (Clabaugh, Karpinski, & Griffin, 2008;Crocker, 2002). More specifically, high need for approval and fear of social rejection is associated with greater dietary restraint, body shape, eating, and weight concerns, emotional eating, bulimic symptoms, and global eating pathology in both community and eatingdisordered populations (Hayaki, Friedman, Whisman, Delinsky, & Brownell, 2003;Teal Pedlow & Niemeier, 2013). Indeed, mediation analyses suggest that need for the approval of others may be an important predictor of body shape dissatisfaction and disordered eating in non-clinical samples (Teal Pedlow & Niemeier, 2013); however, this construct has yet to be explored in the context of "food addiction".…”

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Self-perceived food addiction: Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis

2017

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Food addiction is controversial within the scientific community. However many lay people consider themselves addicted to certain foods. We assessed the prevalence and characteristics of self-perceived "food addiction" and its relationship to a diagnostic measure of "clinical food addiction" in two samples: (1) 658 university students, and (2) 614 adults from an international online crowdsourcing platform. Participants indicated whether they considered themselves to be addicted to food, and then completed the Yale Food Addiction Scale, measures of eating behavior, body image, and explicit and internalized weight stigma. Participants in the community sample additionally completed measures of impulsivity, food cravings, binge eating, and depressive symptomatology. Follow-up data were collected from a subset of 305 students (mean follow-up 280 ± 30 days). Self-perceived "food addiction" was prevalent, and was associated with elevated levels of problematic eating behavior, body image concerns, and psychopathology compared with "non-addicts", although individuals who also received a positive "diagnosis" on the Yale Food Addiction Scale experienced the most severe symptoms. A clear continuum was evident for all measures despite no differences in body mass index between the three groups. Multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that perceived lack of self-control around food was the main factor distinguishing between those who did and did not consider themselves addicted to food, whereas severity of food cravings and depressive symptoms were the main discriminating variables between self-classifiers and those receiving a positive "diagnosis" on the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Self-perceived "food addiction" was moderately stable across time, but did not appear predictive of worsening eating pathology. Self-classification as a "food addict" may be of use in identifying individuals in need of assistance with food misuse, loss-of-control eating, and body image issues.

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Self-perceived food addiction: Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis

2017

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“…There is a need for approval and to please other individuals, which is reported in the literature as behavior related to eating disorders and body dissatisfaction (Pedlow & Niemeier 2013), bulimia, which principally pursues a thin body (Vale & Elias, 2011), and negative psychological effects from diet which outweigh aesthetic benefits (French & Jeffery, 1994).…”

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Reasons that Lead Women to Weight Loss: A Study in Southern Brazil

Rompkovski

Lourenço

Balbi

et al. 2021

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The objective of this study was to understand why adult women in Brazil desire and attempt to lose weight. In a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews, participants were 25 adult women in southern Brazil aged 19-59 who have tried to lose weight or modify their bodies. Thematic categories emerged: motivations and influences to lose weight, external and internal pressure to lose weight, and influences from the media and the ideal of beauty which point to factors like the media, family, and society step in nutritional education of Brazilian women. These factors influence decisions related to weight loss and pursuit of a beautiful body; this cult of thinness influences women to lose weight and makes physical appearance an essential dimension of the female identity. Programs are also needed that regulate the media in its use of models involving standards of beauty which are followed and copied by the general population.

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“…Disordered eating behavior is often an early indicator of eating disorder [17], which is a prevalent issue on university campuses [18]. Focusing obsessively on weight or body shape, gluttony, binge eating, clearance behaviors, and dieting behaviors are among the manifestations of eating disorders [19]. These behaviors vary in magnitude and even more severe consequences of the situation may lead to more serious clinical eating disorders [20].…”

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Childhood abuse and disordered eating behaviors in female college students: how does depression and anxiety come from?

Li,

Han,

Zhuang

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Purpose This study examines the relationship among childhood abuse, disordered eating behaviors, depression, and anxiety in female college students. It also investigates the mediating role of disordered eating in the relationship between childhood abuse and depression, as well as anxiety. Methods 832 female college students were evaluated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Personal Report of Childhood Abuse (PRCA). Results Depression and anxiety was significantly positively correlated with childhood abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect, and was significantly positively correlated with disordered eating. Disordered eating was significantly positively correlated with childhood maltreatment, physical maltreatment, emotional maltreatment and neglect. Disordered eating mediated the relationship between childhood abuse and depression, as well as between childhood abuse and anxiety. Conclusion Childhood abuse can predict depression and anxiety, both directly and indirectly through the mediating effect of disordered eating. This provides a new perspective for interventions aimed at alleviating the symptoms of depression and anxiety in individuals with a history of childhood abuse.

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Sociotropic cognition and eating disordered attitudes and behavior in young adults

Cited by 8 publications

References 46 publications

Self-perceived food addiction: Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis

Self-perceived food addiction: Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis

Reasons that Lead Women to Weight Loss: A Study in Southern Brazil

Childhood abuse and disordered eating behaviors in female college students: how does depression and anxiety come from?

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