Thome Jennifer, Espelage Dorothy L
Division of Counseling Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 226 Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street Champaign, IL 61820-6990, USA.
Eat Behav. 2004 Nov;5(4):337-51. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.04.002.
Researchers have long been interested in the coping styles of individuals who display disordered eating characteristics. Recently, exercise has been recognized as both a behavior and coping strategy that might be present among individuals with disordered eating. The present study evaluates the role of exercise as both a coping mechanism and as a health behavior in relation to eating pathology and other measures of psychological health in a nonclinical university population. Female (n=235) and male (n=86) undergraduate students completed questionnaires that assessed exercise behavior, coping strategies, eating attitudes, self-esteem, life satisfaction, affect, depression, and anxiety. The results indicate that the relations among exercise, coping, and eating pathology is complex. Exercise was related to positive psychological health in males, whereas exercise in females was associated with both positive and negative psychological health. For women with high Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) scores, exercise was significantly associated with negative affect, and a trend existed in this group such that exercise was associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety. Conversely, for women with low EAT scores, exercise was associated with positive affect. This suggests that exercise might be differentially associated with mental health based on the presence or absence of eating pathology.
长期以来，研究人员一直对表现出饮食失调特征的个体的应对方式感兴趣。最近，运动已被视为一种行为和应对策略，可能存在于饮食失调的个体中。本研究评估了运动作为一种应对机制和健康行为，在非临床大学人群中与饮食病理学及其他心理健康指标之间的关系。女性（n = 235）和男性（n = 86）本科生完成了问卷调查，评估了运动行为、应对策略、饮食态度、自尊、生活满意度、情感、抑郁和焦虑。结果表明，运动、应对和饮食病理学之间的关系很复杂。运动与男性的积极心理健康有关，而女性的运动则与积极和消极的心理健康都有关。对于饮食态度测试（EAT - 26）得分高的女性，运动与消极情感显著相关，并且在该组中存在一种趋势，即运动与更高水平的抑郁和焦虑有关。相反，对于EAT得分低的女性，运动与积极情感有关。这表明，基于饮食病理学的存在与否，运动可能与心理健康有不同的关联。
