检查强迫性炼作为第一年大学生饮食障碍症状的危险因素,使用潜在变化得分建模方法
Madeline Palermo1, Diana Rancourt1
1Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
The International journal of eating disorders
|April 15, 2024
概括
强迫性炼没有预测大学生中饮食障碍症状的增加. 需要进一步的研究来了解这些行为之间的关系.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 强迫性炼和饮食障碍在大学生中很普遍.
- 以前的研究表明,强迫性炼与饮食障碍之间存在关联.
- 目前尚不清楚强迫性炼是否是一种危险因素,还是仅仅与饮食障碍有关.
研究的目的:
- 调查强迫性炼增加是否有望预测饮食障碍症状的增加.
- 为了检查强迫性炼和第一年大学生的饮食障碍症状之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 265名大学一年级学生完成了关于强迫性炼和饮食障碍症状的在线问卷.
- 数据是在9个月的学年内四个时间点收集的.
- 一个双变的潜变得分模型被用来测试假设.
主要成果:
- 该研究发现,强迫性炼和饮食障碍症状之间没有显著的预测关系.
- 强迫性炼的增加没有预测饮食障碍症状的增加.
- 饮食障碍症状的增加也没有预测强迫性炼的增加.
结论:
- 在这个人群中,强迫性炼并不是发展饮食障碍症状的重要风险因素.
- 未来的研究应该探索其他发育阶段,如早期青春期.
- 调查潜在的第三个变量可能会澄清这些行为共同发生的情况.
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