ArticleReproductive biomedicine & society online2018
Stress has a direct and indirect effect on eating pathology in infertile women: avoidant coping style as a mediator.
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- Effects of Perceived Stress on Problematic Eating: Three Parallel Moderated Mediation Models.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Psychological factors associated with binge eating among women with infertility.Eating behaviors · 2025Observational
- Mediation Effect of Maladaptive Coping between Work-to-Family Conflict and Cardiovascular Health Behaviors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Stress, and coping strategy of university students during COVID-19 in Korea: The mediating role of ego-resiliency.Acta psychologica · 2022Article
- Coping strategies mediate the association between stigma and fertility quality of life in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Anxiety, Difficulties, and Coping of Infertile Women.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Mediating Effect of Coping Style in the Relationship Between Depression and Disordered Eating Among Chinese Female Undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Patient-perceived stress and avoidance-oriented coping strategies are mental health risk factors well documented within the infertility literature. Relatedly, these factors are associated with maladaptive eating behaviours known to influence reproductive functioning. This study aims to investigate the interconnection between perceived stress, avoidant coping style and eating pathology in infertile women, and to determine whether avoidant coping style mediates the relationship between stress and eating pathology. A multicentre cross-sectional study of 416 women (aged 20-47 years) was completed. Women were assessed on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Brief COPE. Correlational matrices, principal components analysis and structural equation modelling were used to develop a measurement model to test the avoidant coping style mediation hypothesis. Results showed that perceived stress had a direct effect on maladaptive eating behaviours [
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