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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2020

Mediated effects of eating disturbances in the association of perceived weight stigma and emotional distress.

Chung-Ying Lin, Carol Strong, Janet D Latner, Yi-Ching Lin, Meng-Che Tsai, Pauline Cheung

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Chung-Ying LinDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong. cy.lin@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-4242
Carol StrongDepartment of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Janet D LatnerDepartment of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Yi-Ching LinDepartment of Early Childhood and Family Education, College of Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan.
Meng-Che TsaiDepartment of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Pauline CheungDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Taipei University of Education · TWUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US

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Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Startup fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to examine the relationships between perceived weight stigma, eating disturbances, and emotional distress across individuals with different self-perceived weight status.

methodsUniversity students from Hong Kong (n = 400) and Taiwan (n = 307) participated in this study and completed several questionnaires: Perceived Weight Stigma questionnaire; Three-factor Eating Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Each participant self-reported their height, weight, and self-perceived weight status.

resultsAfter controlling for demographics, perceived weight stigma was associated with eating disturbances (β = 0.223, p < 0.001), depression (β = 0.143, p < 0.001), and anxiety (β = 0.193, p < 0.001); and eating disturbances was associated with depression (β = 0.147, p < 0.001) and anxiety (β = 0.300, p < 0.001) in the whole sample. Additionally, eating disturbances mediated the association between perceived weight stigma and emotional distress. Similar findings were shown in the subsamples who perceived themselves as higher weight or normal weight and in the male and female subsamples. However, in the subsamples who perceived themselves as lower weight, only the links between eating disturbances and emotional distress were significant.

conclusionPerceived weight stigma was associated with eating disturbances and emotional distress in young adults with both higher and normal weight. Eating disturbances were associated with emotional distress regardless of participants' weight status. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.

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Psychological DistressSocial StigmaAnxietyDepressionFeeding and Eating DisordersFeeding BehaviorFemaleHong KongHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleOverweightSex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTaiwanThinnessAnxietyAsianDepressionEating behaviorsWeight bias

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