冠状病毒焦虑与强烈的偏食神经症症状和减少认知灵活性相关
Niki Hayatbini1, Katherine Knauft2, Vrinda Kalia3
1School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Washington, Bothell, WA, USA.
Psychological reports
|May 16, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,高水平的冠状病毒焦虑与神经性偏食症症状的增加有关. 认知灵活性部分调解了这种关系,这表明焦虑,饮食障碍和适应性思维之间存在联系.
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:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行引发了饮食行为的重大变化.
- 对病毒的恐惧促使人们对食物和饮食的态度发生了变化.
- 神经性厌食症,一种以"健康"饮食为重点的饮食障碍,成为一个相关的关注领域.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查冠状病毒焦虑和神经性偏食症症状之间的关联.
- 探索认知灵活性在这种关系中的潜在调解作用.
- 了解COVID-19的焦虑如何影响失调的饮食模式.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及324名社区成年人的研究.
- 使用了针对冠状病毒焦虑,神经性偏食症症状和认知灵活性的验证问卷.
- 雇佣调解回归分析来检查变量之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 在冠状病毒焦虑和神经性偏食症症状之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 患有较高冠状病毒焦虑的人报告了更严重的神经性偏食症症状.
- 认知灵活性被确定为部分调解者,更高的灵活性与更少的健康饮食问题有关.
结论:
- 冠状病毒焦虑与神经性偏食症的症状增加有关.
- 认知灵活性降低可能会加剧神经性偏食症的症状,而焦虑也会加剧.
- 提高认知灵活性的干预措施可以减轻焦虑对饮食失调的影响.
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