ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Drunkorexia: is it really "just" a university lifestyle choice?
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- Financial motives and alcohol-related compensatory behaviours across adulthood: A cross-sectional study of UK drinkers.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Review
- Indirect association between childhood maltreatment and food and alcohol disturbance through insecure attachment in university students.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Management of Drunkorexia: A Scoping Review of Influencing Factors and Opportunities for Intervention.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Differences between preemptive and non-preemptive physical activity among 'drunkorexia'-positive college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
- Food and alcohol disturbance among people who have undergone bariatric surgery.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Weight-control compensatory behaviors patterns and correlates: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- French validation of the Compensatory Eating and Behaviors in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale (CEBRACS) in a university student sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- "… because I'm so drunk at the time, the last thing I'm going to think about is calories": Strengthening the argument for Drunkorexia as a food and alcohol disturbance, evidence from a qualitative study.British journal of health psychology · 2022Article
- Exploring risk factors of food and alcohol disturbance (FAD) in U.S. college students.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Food and alcohol disturbance among young adults during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: risk and protective factors.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Relationship between sensation seeking, alcohol problems and bulimic symptoms: a community-based, longitudinal study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe current study investigated the prevalence of compensatory behaviours (caloric restriction, increased exercise and bulimic tendencies) in response to alcohol consumption (also known as Drunkorexia) in students, non-students and previous students, as well as beginning to understand the presence of possible predictors of these behaviours (body esteem, sensation seeking).
methodsA volunteer sample of students, non-students and previous students (n = 95) completed the Compensatory Eating and Behaviours in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale, a questionnaire which measures overall Drunkorexia engagement. The participants also completed the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults Scale (BESAA) and the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS) to investigate predictors of Drunkorexia.
resultsThe results indicated that there was no significant difference in Drunkorexia engagement and behaviours between students, non-students and previous students. It was also found that both low body esteem and high sensation seeking tendencies were significant predictors of Drunkorexia; specifically, the appearance esteem factor of the BESAA and the disinhibition factor of the BSSS.
conclusionsFindings suggest that Drunkorexia is also present outside of student populations, and therefore, future interventions and research should include non-students in samples. In addition, findings support the idea that Drunkorexia cannot be classified solely as an eating disorder or a substance abuse disorder. As a result of this, further research should be conducted to fully understand why this complex behaviour exists. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE LEVEL: III (Evidence obtained from case-control analytic study).
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