The Effect of Parental Invalidation of Emotions Following Propensity for Binge Eating Behavior of Female College Students on Distress Tolerance: The Mediating Effect of Anxiety Sensitivity

Abstract Background Binge eating behavior is highly likely to progress to an eating disorder, with female students particularly at risk. Objective This study aimed to verify the effect of a binge eating behavior management program, based on rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), on binge eating behavior and related cognitive and emotional factors among female college students. Method The study, conducted from November 1 to December 2, 2016, involved a pretest-posttest design and nonequivalent control group. The sample included 24 and 22 first- to third-year students, from a college in South Korea, in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Data were collected using self-esteem, covert narcissism, perfectionism, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, and binge eating scales and analyzed via frequency analysis, χ2 tests, t tests, and analysis of covariance. Results The results indicated that the REBT-based binge eating behavior management program exerted positive effects on participants’ self-esteem, reducing covert narcissism, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, and binge eating. However, there was no significant difference in perfectionism, although the experimental group’s mean score decreased from pretest to posttest. Conclusions Based on the results, the program was considered to be effective, and is expected to be useful in preventing the development of eating disorders among female college students by treating binge eating behavior and related cognitive and emotional factors. This intervention could ultimately contribute to the improvement of female college students’ health and quality of life.

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Female College Students’ Self-Concept Clarity and Disordered Eating Behaviors: The Mediating Effect of Socially Prescribed Perfectionism

Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction ◽

10.22251/jlcci.2019.19.3.1001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 1001-1023

Author(s):

Baole Choi

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Eating Behaviors ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Self Concept ◽

Female College Students ◽

Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽

Female College ◽

Socially Prescribed Perfectionism

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Three Mediating Pathways of Anxiety and Security in the Relationship between Coping Style and Disordered Eating Behaviors among Chinese Female College Students

Neural Plasticity ◽

10.1155/2021/7506754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Wenyue Han ◽

Zheng Zheng ◽

Ning Zhang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Coping Style ◽

Eating Behaviors ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Female College Students ◽

Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽

Female College ◽

Sense Of Security ◽

The Relationship

Background. According to previous studies, eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors are associated with coping style, anxiety, and sense of security. However, the specific mechanism between them has not been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to explore whether anxiety and sense of security play mediating roles in coping style and disordered eating behaviors among Chinese female college students. Method. Six hundred and ninety-one female college students ( mean age = 19.36 ; SD = 1.06 ) completed the Simple Coping Style Questionnaire, the Eating Disorder Inventory, the Security Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and a brief demographic survey. The percentage bootstrap method of deviation correction was conducted to determine the mediating effect of anxiety and sense of security on coping style and disordered eating behaviors. Results. Coping style had direct and indirect effects on disordered eating behaviors. Anxiety and sense of security were not only independent mediators in the relationship between coping style and disordered eating behaviors but also chain mediators. Conclusions. The results of the current study provide preliminary evidence that preventive interventions targeting anxiety and sense of security may be feasible for young women who develop disordered eating behaviors due to stress in their lives.

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