Corno Giulia, Paquette Amélia, Monthuy-Blanc Johana, Ouellet Marilou, Bouchard Stéphane
Laboratory of Cyberpsychology, Department of Psychology and Psychoeducation, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada.
GR2TCA-Loricorps-Groupe de Recherche Transdisciplinaire des Troubles du Comportement Alimentaire, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 24;13:856933. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856933. eCollection 2022.
Recent studies have shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, and most of them have documented its detrimental effect on eating habits. Until now, the effects of this global crisis on negative body image and its association with disordered eating behaviors remain largely understudied. This study aimed to investigate changes in frequency of disordered eating behaviors (i.e., restrictive eating, emotional eating, and overeating) and negative body image (i.e., shape and weight concern, and body dissatisfaction) among a community sample of women during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2020-May 2021). Furthermore, we explored the possible relation between body image-related variables and changes in the frequency of disordered eating behaviors in the context of the pandemic. A total of 161 self-identified female participants enrolled in an online-based survey. Descriptive statistics showed that women did not report clinically significant levels of weight and body shape concerns, but participants reported being dissatisfied with their body. One sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests revealed a tendency toward an increasing of the frequency of all disordered eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multinomial logistic regressions showed that weight concerns predicted an overall increase in the frequency of restrictive eating behaviors, whereas higher body dissatisfaction was associated with a moderate self-perceived increase in the frequency of emotional eating. These results shed light on a risk pattern of phenomena in a non-clinical sample of women, as they represent the key risk factors for the development of eating disorders. Findings could have implications for designing and implementing prevention programs.
最近的研究揭示了新冠疫情如何改变了我们的生活，其中大部分研究记录了其对饮食习惯的不利影响。到目前为止，这场全球危机对负面身体形象的影响及其与饮食失调行为的关联在很大程度上仍未得到充分研究。本研究旨在调查新冠疫情期间（2020年10月至2021年5月）社区女性样本中饮食失调行为（即限制性饮食、情绪化饮食和暴饮暴食）的频率变化以及负面身体形象（即对身材和体重的关注以及身体不满）。此外，我们探讨了在疫情背景下，与身体形象相关的变量和饮食失调行为频率变化之间的可能关系。共有161名自我认定的女性参与者参加了一项在线调查。描述性统计显示，女性报告的体重和身材关注程度未达到临床显著水平，但参与者表示对自己的身体不满意。单样本Wilcoxon符号秩检验显示，在新冠疫情期间，所有饮食失调行为的频率都有增加的趋势。多项逻辑回归显示，对体重的关注预示着限制性饮食行为频率的总体增加，而更高的身体不满与情绪化饮食频率的适度自我感知增加有关。这些结果揭示了女性非临床样本中这些现象的一种风险模式，因为它们代表了饮食失调发展的关键风险因素。研究结果可能对预防项目的设计和实施具有启示意义。
