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Eating disorder and social anxiety symptoms in Iranian preadolescents: a network analysis.
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- Network-based methods for psychometric data of eating disorders: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Causes and intervention strategies for appearance anxiety: a critical review of recent advances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Maternal Negative Parenting and Children's Eating Behavior: The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Global burden of mental disorders among adolescents and young adults, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2021.General psychiatry · 2025Article
- The relationship between fear of negative evaluation, physical activity, eating behavior and psychological distress among nursing students.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Article
- The Study of Eating Disorders from a Network Perspective: A Scoping Systematic Review.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) To Examine the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Farsi Version of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test (F-ChEAT) among Iranian Preadolescents Across Gender and Age.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Eating disorders symptoms and depressive symptoms in Chinese Tibetan University students: a network analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Validation of a Farsi version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (F-EDE-Q) in adolescents and university students from Iran.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Eating disorder psychopathology and negative affect in Iranian college students: a network analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Examining the Psychometric Network Structure of Social Anxiety: A Scoping Review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
purposeNetwork studies of eating disorder (ED) symptoms have identified central and bridge symptoms in Western samples, yet few network models of ED symptoms have been tested in non-Western samples, especially among preadolescents. The current study tested a network model of ED symptoms in Iranian preadolescents (ages 9 to 13), as well as a model of co-occurring social anxiety disorder (SAD) and ED symptoms.
methodPreadolescent boys (n = 405) and girls (n = 325) completed the Children Eating Attitudes Test-20 and Social Anxiety Scale for Children. We estimated two network models (ED and ED/SAD networks) and identified central and bridge symptoms, as well as tested if these models differed by sex.
resultsWe found that discomfort eating sweets were the most central symptoms in ED networks. Concern over being judged was central in networks including both ED and SAD symptoms. Additionally, concern over being judged was the strongest bridge symptoms. Networks did not differ by sex.
conclusionFuture research is needed to test if interventions focused on bridge symptoms (i.e., concern over being judged) as primary intervention points target comorbid ED-SAD pathology in preadolescents at risk for ED and SAD. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III; Evidence obtained from well-designed observational study, including case-control design for relevant aspects of the study.
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