ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2018
A study on the interplay between emerging adulthood and eating disorder symptomatology in young adults.
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- Disordered eating behaviors among female undergraduates in Sichuan, China: key associated factors from a province-wide survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Recent Advances and Future Directions in Eating Disorder Treatments for Emerging Adults.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Prevalence and correlates of disordered eating at a large state university before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Potential Triggers for Risking the Development of Eating Disorders in Non-Clinical Higher-Education Students in Emerging Adulthood.Nutrients · 2022Article
- The powerful effect of body image inflexibility on the explanation of eating psychopathology severity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Using apps to self-monitor diet and physical activity is linked to greater use of disordered eating behaviors among emerging adults.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Validation of the Greek ORTO-15 questionnaire for the assessment of orthorexia nervosa and its relation to eating disorders symptomatology.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Eating Disorders During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Scoping Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe primary aim of this study was to investigate the interplay between Arnett's five features of emerging adulthood and ED symptomatology. The secondary aim of the study was to investigate possible gender differences concerning the relation between emerging adulthood and ED symptomatology.
methods337 university students (252 females and 85 males) participated in this study. Each participant was asked to anonymously complete the following questionnaires: Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), and Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS).
resultsThe female group scored higher in the EAT-26 diet, SPAS, IDEA self-focus and IDEA total score measurements. Additionally, in the female group, identity exploration was correlated with EAT-26 total and bulimia, experimentation/possibilities with EAT-26 total and diet, and negativity/instability with EAT-26 total, diet and bulimia as well as SPAS score. In the male groups, the only significant correlation was between SPAS and instability/negativity. Finally, identity exploration could predict a higher probability of developing ED (EAT ≥ 20) for both the female and male groups.
conclusionsEmerging adulthood and ED were found to have a close relationship, especially for females. Identity exploration was the emerging adulthood factor that showed the highest relation to ED symptomatology in both the male and female groups. More research is necessary to investigate the specifics of this relationship. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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