Gender-based Relationship Between Eating Behavior and Sense of Coherence in Japanese Young Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masami Horiguchi ◽  
Gohichi Tanaka ◽  
Haruko Ogasawara ◽  
Ryoko Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Coping Ability ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Relationship

Eating behavior is affected by stress and sense of coherence (SOC), the latter of which is reflective of one's stress coping ability. Our objective in this study was to establish the gender-based relationship between the Eating Behavior Scale (EBS) and SOC. Participants were 334 Japanese undergraduate students. Overall scores on the 13-item SOC Scale (SOC-13) were higher for women than for men. There were significant negative correlations between EBS and SOC-13 scores for men, and a nonsignificant correlation between EBS and SOC-13 scores for women. Results of the correlation analyses indicated that there are gender-based differences in the relationship between eating behavior and SOC. Unhealthy eating behavior in men was associated with low stress coping ability; however, there was no such association in women.

scholarly journals Validation and Gender-Based Comparison of the Eating Behavior Scale for Japanese Young Adults

Psychology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (19) ◽  
pp. 2173-2179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masami Horiguchi ◽  
Gohichi Tanaka ◽  
Haruko Ogasawara ◽  
Ryoko Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals The Relationship between Sense of Coherence, Stress, Body Image Satisfaction and Eating Behavior in Japanese and Austrian Students

Psych ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 504-515
Author(s):  
Kato ◽  
Greimel ◽  
Hu ◽  
Müller-Gartner ◽  
Salchinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
External Eating ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Restrained, emotional, and external eating are related to obesity and eating disorders. A salutogenic model has confirmed sense of coherence (SOC) as a health resource that moderates stress and helps limit the occurrence of overweightness and eating disorders. This study aimed to examine the relationship between SOC, social support, stress, body image satisfaction (BIS) and eating behaviors in different cultural environments. Methods: A total of 371 Austrian (161 men, 210 women) and 398 Japanese (226 men, 172 women) university students participated. The SOC-13 scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, BMI-Based Silhouette Matching Test and an analogue single-stress item were used as measurements. Results: SOC negatively affected all three types of eating in Austrian students (men: β = −0.227 to −0.215; women: β = −0.262 to −0.214). In Japanese students, SOC negatively affected external eating in both sexes (men: β = −0.150; women: β = −0.198) and emotional eating (β = −0.187) in men. BIS indicated that the desire to become slim predicted restrained eating, women’s emotional eating, and men’s and Austrian women’s external eating. Stress was only predictive of emotional eating in Japanese men. Conclusions: This study found that SOC, BIS and stress might be valuable factors regulating eating behavior in a cultural context. However, the relationship between SOC, BIS, stress and eating behavior differs between cultures.

Reasons Young Adults Visit (and Do Not Visit) Impaired Grandparents

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Boon ◽  
Megan J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
External Constraints ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThis study explored the value undergraduate students (N = 138) attach to relationships with impaired grandparents by examining some of the reasons they visit (and do not visit) grandparents who live with conditions limiting their cognitive, physical, or psychological well-being. As part of a larger study, participants completed two checklists to indicate their reasons for visiting and not visiting their affected grandparents. Reward-based reasons were endorsed more frequently as motives for visiting than were reasons based on external constraints, family difficulties, guilt, or wanting to take advantage of the time left with their grandparents. Barriers that restricted opportunities to visit were endorsed more frequently as explanations for participants' failure to visit than were problems in the relationship itself, guilt, or severity of impairment.

scholarly journals Challenge and hope for parents who have cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-147
Author(s):  
Yuko Akagawa ◽  
Sachiko Makabe ◽  
Tomoko Ito ◽  
Yutaka Kimura ◽  
Hideaki Andoh
Keyword(s):  
Disease Duration ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Parental Cancer ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coping Ability ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

Parents who have cancer face particular problems in their relationships with children. This study aims to clarify 1) the current status of challenge/hope in parental cancer, 2) the factors related to challenge/hope, and 3) the relationship between challenge/hope and QOL/stress-coping ability. Cross-sectional national survey was conducted at designated cancer hospitals in Japan. Participants were undergoing cancer treatment and have children under 18 years old. The questionnaire included demographic data, QOL, ability to cope with stress, and challenge/hope. From 11 hospitals, 54 patients (response rate: 79.4%) participated. Majority of participants were female (72.2%) with the mean age of 39.3 ± 5.3 (SD). The total score was QOL (FACT-G: 50.4 ± 16.2), stress-coping ability (SOC: 46.7 ± 10.4). The main challenges were an inability to fulfill the parental role and children’s mental suffering due to loneliness. The main aspects of hope were the value of the children’s present self, being a parent, and strengthening family bonds. Gender and disease duration were significantly related with challenge/hope. Challenge was significantly related with QOL/stress-coping ability. Parents who have cancer derive hope from their relationship with their children, although they feel a gap between their ideal role/value as a parent and their current status.

Healthy and Unhealthy Eating Behavior Scale

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Guertin ◽  
Luc Pelletier ◽  
Paige Pope
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Behavior Scale

scholarly journals Effects of mobility restrictions on mental health among young adults in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias ◽  
Santiago Piedra ◽  
Tomas Marcelo Nicolalde-Cifuentes ◽  
Diana Carolina Mogrovejo-Arias ◽  
María Victoria Padilla-Samaniego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior

Abstract Purpose: To explore the effects of mobility restriction on the mental health of Ecuadorian young adults. Methods: The current is a cross-sectional study that included 8426 young adults. Socio-demographic and mental health data were collected through an online survey during May and June 2020 in Ecuador. Data on mobility was extracted from Google Mobility Reports. Four aspects of the participants’ mental health were evaluated: eating behavior (emotional eating), depression, sleep quality and sense of coherence using previously validated instruments. Data were analyzed using linear regression using R. Results: Mean age of the participants was 22.85 (SD = 4.43), most of whom were women (n = 5943, 70.53%). During mandatory confinement, mobility due to retail and recreation, to groceries and pharmacies, to parks, to transit stations, to workplaces were reduced by nearly 50%. In contrast, mobility to places of residence increased by nearly 20%. A reduction in mobility to workplaces was associated to less healthy eating behavior, depression and worse sleep quality. Less healthy eating behavior was also associated to decreased mobility due to recreation and retail and increased mobility to transit stations. Sense of coherence was not associated to changes on mobility. Women and youngsters more often showed depression, less healthy eating behavior, worse quality of sleep and lower sense of coherence. Conclusion: Mobility restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on people's mental health. Prevention and health promotion measures directed to ameliorate the effects of confinement on mental health should target risk populations including women and youngsters.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Stress and Resilience: Exploring the Role of Hope and Meaning in in Life Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Abdullah MERT ◽  
Gökmen ARSLAN ◽  
Özlem TAGAY
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public University ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether meaning in life and hope mediate the association between coronavirus stress and resilience in university students. The participants were 376 (68% female) undergraduate students attending a public university in Turkey. The age of the students ranged from 18 to 38 years (Mage = 20.67, SD = 3.62). The results of the present study suggest that the meaning of life and hope attenuate the negative effects of stress on hope and resilience. Specifically, hope emerged as an important mechanism for the relationship between meaning in life and resilience. These findings provide insights into the relationships between coronavirus stress, hope, sense of life, and resilience in young adults during the period COVID -19. Hope and sense of life may function as protective factors to promote mental health and well-being by increasing an individual's ability to recover from stressful situations with high motivation and in creative ways. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether meaning in life and hope mediate the relationship between coronavirus stress and resilience in university students. The participants were 376 (68% female) students attending a public university in Turkey. The age of the students ranged from 18 to 38 years (Mage = 20.67, SD = 3.62). The results of the study showed that the meaning of life and hope mitigated the negative effects of stress on hope and resilience. Specifically, hope was found to be an important mechanism for the relationship between meaning in life and resilience. These findings shed light on the relationships between coronavirus stress, hope, sense of life, and resilience in young adults during COVID -19. Hope and sense of life may act as protective factors to promote mental health and well-being by increasing individuals' ability to recover from stressful situations with high motivation and in creative ways.

scholarly journals Effects of mobility restrictions on mental health among young adults in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tannia Valeria Carpio Arias ◽  
Piedra Santiago ◽  
Tomás Marcelo Nicolalde Cifuentes ◽  
Diana Carolina Mogrovejo Arias ◽  
María Victoria Padilla Samaniego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
Lower Mobility

Abstract Purpose: To explore the effects of mobility restriction on the mental health of Ecuadorian young adults. Methods: The current is a cross-sectional study that included 8426 young adults. Socio-demographic and mental health data were collected through an online survey during May-June 2020 in Ecuador. Data on mobility was extracted from Google Mobility Reports. Four aspects of the participants’ mental health were evaluated: eating behavior (emotional eating), depression, sleep quality and sense of coherence using previously validated instruments. Data were analyzed using linear regression using R. Results: Mean age of the participants was 22.85 (SD = 4.43), most of whom were women (n = 5943, 70.53%). During mandatory confinement, mobility due to retail and recreation, to groceries and pharmacies, to parks, to transit stations, to workplaces were reduced by nearly 50%. In contrast, mobility to places of residence increased by nearly 20%. Less healthy eating behavior was associated with lower mobility to retail/recreation, residential or workplaces. Depression was associated with lower mobility to residential and workplaces. Worse quality of sleep was associated with lower mobility to retail/recreation, residential and workplaces. Higher sense of coherence was associated with higher mobility to residential and to workplaces. Women and youngsters more often showed depression, less healthy eating behavior, worse quality of sleep and lower sense of coherence. Conclusion: Mobility restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on people's mental health. Prevention and health promotion measures directed to ameliorate the effects of confinement on mental health should target risk populations including women and youngsters.

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