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Targeting specific hostile or anxious parenting behaviors, like shaming or excessive worry, can significantly reduce disordered eating (DE) pathways in college students. This research identifies key parental actions and DE symptoms to guide effective interventions.

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Bridge network analysisCollege studentsDisordered eatingNegative parenting stylesSimulated intervention

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  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Eating Disorder Research

Background:

  • Negative parenting styles are linked to disordered eating (DE).
  • Previous research focused on general parenting styles, not specific item-level connections.
  • Understanding item-level pathways can refine prevention and intervention strategies for DE.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify specific item-level pathways between parenting styles and disordered eating (DE) in Chinese college students.
  • To explore the role of parental rejection and overprotection in DE.
  • To test simulation-based interventions targeting specific parenting and DE items.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Gaussian Graphical Models and item-level bridge network analyses on a sample of 2,008 Chinese college students.
  • Assessed parenting styles using the short-form Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran for Chinese (s-EMBU-C).
  • Measured disordered eating attitudes using the Eating Attitudes Test-19 (EAT-19).

Main Results:

  • Parental rejection pathways included unexplained anger, scapegoating, and shaming, linked to food avoidance and body fat preoccupation.
  • Parental overprotection pathways involved excessive worry and intrusive interference, linked to desire for an empty stomach and perceived thinness.
  • Simulations indicated that targeting key 'bridge' items reduced the link between parenting and DE by up to 83%.

Conclusions:

  • Hostile, shaming, and anxious, intrusive parenting behaviors are core pathways linking negative parenting to DE.
  • Interventions targeting high-impact 'bridge' items are more efficient than addressing all items.
  • Findings offer a reference for developing targeted support strategies for college students experiencing DE.