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Disordered Eating Attitudes Among University Students: The Role of Psychological Distress
Objective:
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between psychological distress and disordered eating attitudes.
Methods:
The study design was cross-sectional study. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (ghq-12) and Eating Attitude Test-26 (eat-26) were used to measure psychological distress and disordered eating attitudes, respectively. The data were analyzed using spss version 20.0 Software (spss Inc, ii, Chicago, il, usa). Description statistics were used for height, weight, bmi), age, eat-26 scores and ghq-12 scores. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between the eat-26 scores and the ghq-12 scores.
Results:
The overall prevalence of disordered eating attitudes was 4.6%. The mean ghq-12 score in subjects with disordered eating attitude was higher than that of the control group (P < .05) in both the male and female groups.
Conclusion:
Our study suggested that psychological distress is associated with disordered eating attitudes. Bmi and gender turned out to not be correlated with disordered eating attitude. The findings of this study revealed that university students who have psychological distress also have a tendency toward disordered eating attitudes.
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