Department of Psychology, The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Aug;26(6):2021-2031. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-01051-x. Epub 2020 Oct 30.
The current study investigated the prevalence of compensatory behaviours (caloric restriction, increased exercise and bulimic tendencies) in response to alcohol consumption (also known as Drunkorexia) in students, non-students and previous students, as well as beginning to understand the presence of possible predictors of these behaviours (body esteem, sensation seeking).
A volunteer sample of students, non-students and previous students (n = 95) completed the Compensatory Eating and Behaviours in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale, a questionnaire which measures overall Drunkorexia engagement. The participants also completed the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults Scale (BESAA) and the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS) to investigate predictors of Drunkorexia.
The results indicated that there was no significant difference in Drunkorexia engagement and behaviours between students, non-students and previous students. It was also found that both low body esteem and high sensation seeking tendencies were significant predictors of Drunkorexia; specifically, the appearance esteem factor of the BESAA and the disinhibition factor of the BSSS.
Findings suggest that Drunkorexia is also present outside of student populations, and therefore, future interventions and research should include non-students in samples. In addition, findings support the idea that Drunkorexia cannot be classified solely as an eating disorder or a substance abuse disorder. As a result of this, further research should be conducted to fully understand why this complex behaviour exists.
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE LEVEL: III (Evidence obtained from case-control analytic study).
本研究调查了学生、非学生和往届学生饮酒后补偿行为（热量限制、增加运动和暴食倾向）的流行情况（也称为“酗酒减肥”），并开始了解这些行为的可能预测因素（身体自尊、感觉寻求）。
一组志愿者学生、非学生和往届学生（n=95）完成了《酒精消费后补偿性饮食和行为量表》，这是一种衡量整体“酗酒减肥”参与度的问卷。参与者还完成了《青少年和成人身体自尊量表》（BESAA）和《Brief Sensation Seeking Scale》（BSSS），以调查“酗酒减肥”的预测因素。
结果表明，学生、非学生和往届学生之间的“酗酒减肥”参与度和行为没有显著差异。还发现，低身体自尊和高感觉寻求倾向都是“酗酒减肥”的显著预测因素；具体来说，BESAA 的外貌自尊因子和 BSSS 的去抑制因子。
研究结果表明，“酗酒减肥”不仅存在于学生群体中，因此未来的干预和研究应该将非学生纳入样本。此外，研究结果支持这样一种观点，即“酗酒减肥”不能仅被归类为饮食障碍或物质滥用障碍。因此，应该进行进一步的研究，以充分了解这种复杂行为的存在原因。
III（从病例对照分析研究中获得的证据）。
