Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2022 Apr 26;63(1):E83-E89. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.1.2375. eCollection 2022 Mar.
University years often are accompanied by dramatic lifestyle changes resulting in an elevated risk of disordered eating among females. We examined the associations of disordered eating with body image, weight and media-related variables.
Hungarian female university students (n = 261, mean age = 22.0 years; SD = 2.2 years) were the study participants using online data collection. The Eating Attitude Test-26 (EAT-26) was used to assess levels of and risk for disordered eating.
Twenty-four percent of the sample displayed disordered eating: students with family's eating disorders (OR = 4.73 [1.34-16.67], p < 0.05), body satisfaction (OR = 0.23 [0.07-0.70], p < 0.01), engagement in sporting (OR = 4.46[1.77-11.27], p < 0.01) and past slimming (OR = 5.63 [2.07-15.27], p < 0.001) were particularly at risk. Multiple linear regression indicated that dieting was associated with a higher score among sporting students (β = 0.18, p < 0.001) and internalization of media messages (β = 0.18, p < 0.001). BMI was a predictor of dieting (β = 0.15, p < 0.01) and oral control (β = -0.34, p < 0.001); social media addiction for bulimia (β = 0.17, p < 0.01).
Our paper highlights the role of body dissatisfaction, sporting and slimming tendencies, sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, and family's eating pathology in understanding female university students' disordered eating. There is a limited role that social media plays in part, due to possible age-related experiences and skills related to coping with a variety of social pressures.
大学生活通常伴随着生活方式的剧烈变化，导致女性中饮食失调的风险增加。我们研究了饮食失调与身体意象、体重和与媒体相关的变量之间的关系。
采用在线数据收集的方式，对 261 名匈牙利女大学生（平均年龄 22.0 岁，标准差 2.2 岁）进行了研究。采用 Eating Attitude Test-26（EAT-26）评估饮食失调的水平和风险。
24%的样本存在饮食失调：有家族饮食障碍史的学生（OR=4.73[1.34-16.67]，p<0.05）、对身体满意（OR=0.23[0.07-0.70]，p<0.01）、参与运动（OR=4.46[1.77-11.27]，p<0.01）和过去减肥（OR=5.63[2.07-15.27]，p<0.001）的学生尤其有风险。多元线性回归表明，节食与运动学生的分数更高有关（β=0.18，p<0.001）和内化媒体信息（β=0.18，p<0.001）。BMI 是节食（β=0.15，p<0.01）和口腔控制（β=-0.34，p<0.001）的预测因素；社交媒体成瘾与贪食症（β=0.17，p<0.01）有关。
我们的研究强调了身体不满、运动和减肥倾向、对外观的社会文化态度以及家庭的饮食病理学在理解女大学生饮食失调中的作用。社交媒体的作用有限，这可能与年龄相关的经验和应对各种社会压力的相关技能有关。
