Reciprocal longitudinal relations between weight/shape concern and comorbid pathology among women at very high risk for eating disorder onset
Reciprocal longitudinal relations between weight/shape concern and comorbid pathology among women at very high risk for eating disorder onset
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DOI:
10.1007/s40519-017-0469-7
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发表时间:
2019-12-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Wilfley, Denise E.
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作者:
Fitzsimmons-Craft, Ellen E.;Eichen, Dawn M.;Wilfley, Denise E.
PurposeUnderstanding how known eating disorder (ED) risk factors change in relating to one another over time may inform efficient intervention targets. We examined short-term (i.e., 1 month) reciprocal longitudinal relations between weight/shape concern and comorbid symptoms (i.e., depressed mood, anxiety) and behaviors (i.e., binge drinking) over the course of 24 months using cross-lagged panel models.MethodsParticipants were 185 women aged 18-25 years at very high risk for ED onset, randomized to an online ED preventive intervention or waitlist control. We also tested whether relations differed based on intervention receipt.ResultsWeight/shape concern in 1 month significantly predicted depressed mood the following month; depressed mood in 1 month also predicted weight/shape concern the following month, but the effect size was smaller. Likewise, weight/shape concern in 1 month significantly predicted anxiety the following month, but the reverse was not true. Results showed no temporal relations between weight/shape concern and binge drinking in either direction. Relations between weight/shape concern, and comorbid symptoms and behaviors did not differ based on intervention receipt.ConclusionsResults support focusing intervention on reducing weight/shape concern over reducing comorbid constructs for efficient short-term change.Level of evidenceLevel I, evidence obtained from a properly designed randomized controlled trial.