Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2021 Jan;69(1):90-94. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1656216. Epub 2019 Sep 9.
Disordered eating is highly prevalent on college campuses and is associated with a host of negative outcomes. To better understand the nature of disordered eating, it is important to examine motivational processes that guide eating behavior. Participants were a diverse sample of 1,589 college students (80.4% females; =22.2 years, = 5.27). This study examined anxiety sensitivity, a transdiagnostic vulnerability factor, as a predictor of eating expectancies. Results indicated that higher levels of anxiety sensitivity was associated with greater levels of expectancies of eating to help manage negative affect, expectancies of eating to alleviate boredom, and expectancies of eating to lead to feeling out of control. Results were observed over and above variance accounted for by gender, race/ethnicity, and negative affectivity. These findings suggest that college students with higher anxiety sensitivity may have a greater risk for maladaptive eating expectancies.
进食障碍在大学校园里非常普遍，与许多负面后果有关。为了更好地理解进食障碍的本质，研究指导进食行为的动机过程很重要。 参与者是一个多样化的 1589 名大学生样本（80.4%女性；=22.2 岁，=5.27）。 本研究考察了焦虑敏感性，一种跨诊断的脆弱性因素，作为进食期望的预测因子。 结果表明，较高的焦虑敏感性与更高水平的期望进食以帮助管理负面情绪、期望进食以缓解无聊和期望进食导致失去控制有关。 这些结果超过了性别、种族/族裔和负面情感的方差解释。 这些发现表明，焦虑敏感性较高的大学生可能更容易产生不良的进食期望。
