Ball K, Lee C, Brown W
Women's Health Australia, University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Women Health. 1999;29(2):1-15. doi: 10.1300/J013v29n02_01.
An exploratory study was conducted to examine whether the relationships between psychological stress and disordered eating, reported in many studies using American samples, would be found in a sample of young Australian women. A total of 212 women aged 18-22 years completed a questionnaire assessing a number of women's health issues, including life events stress, perceived stress levels, psychological distress, disordered eating behaviours, and concerns about weight and eating. While results showed few strong relationships between stress and eating variables for the sample overall, those women with high psychological stress levels appeared to be more likely to engage in disordered eating behaviours than women with low levels of stress. Results suggest that further investigation, targeting subgroups of women scoring highly on measures of psychological stress or disordered eating, may help clarify our understanding of the relationships between these factors in young Australian women.
一项探索性研究展开，以检验在许多使用美国样本的研究中所报告的心理压力与饮食失调之间的关系，是否也会在澳大利亚年轻女性样本中出现。共有212名年龄在18至22岁之间的女性完成了一份问卷，该问卷评估了一些女性健康问题，包括生活事件压力、感知压力水平、心理困扰、饮食失调行为以及对体重和饮食的担忧。虽然总体样本结果显示压力与饮食变量之间几乎没有很强的关系，但心理压力水平高的女性似乎比压力水平低的女性更有可能出现饮食失调行为。结果表明，针对在心理压力或饮食失调测量中得分高的女性亚组进行进一步调查，可能有助于澄清我们对澳大利亚年轻女性中这些因素之间关系的理解。
