Doumit R, Abi Kharma J, Sanchez-Ruiz M J, Zeeni N
School of Nursing, Lebanese American University, P. O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon.
Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, P. O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon.
Community Ment Health J. 2018 Feb;54(2):236-244. doi: 10.1007/s10597-017-0163-2. Epub 2017 Aug 19.
Recent findings suggest that disordered eating (DE) symptomatology may be underestimated in the male population. The present study examined depressive symptomatology as a potential mediator of the relationships between body image dissatisfaction, strategies to change body weight and muscles, media pressure, and DE (emotional, restrained and emotional eating) in 260 male undergraduates who completed a self-reported questionnaire. Path analyses indicated that media influence and strategies to decrease body weight had direct positive effects on depressive symptomatology, which in turn predicted emotional eating. Media influence had a direct positive effect on emotional eating, whereas strategies to decrease body weight did not exhibit a direct effect on emotional eating. Therefore, the latter pathway was removed from the model. The link between media pressure, strategies to decrease body weight and emotional eating was partially mediated by depressive symptomatology. The present findings can inform the development and implementation of prevention and education programs for DE in schools and universities.
最近的研究结果表明，饮食失调（DE）症状在男性群体中可能被低估。本研究对260名完成自我报告问卷的男性本科生进行了调查，以检验抑郁症状是否是身体意象不满、改变体重和肌肉的策略、媒体压力与饮食失调（情绪性、克制性和情绪化饮食）之间关系的潜在中介因素。路径分析表明，媒体影响和减轻体重的策略对抑郁症状有直接的正向影响，而抑郁症状反过来又预示着情绪化饮食。媒体影响对情绪化饮食有直接的正向影响，而减轻体重的策略对情绪化饮食没有直接影响。因此，后一条路径从模型中移除。媒体压力、减轻体重的策略与情绪化饮食之间的联系部分由抑郁症状介导。本研究结果可为学校和大学中饮食失调的预防和教育项目的制定和实施提供参考。
