ArticleBMC psychiatry2021
Association between impulsivity and orthorexia nervosa / healthy orthorexia: any mediating effect of depression, anxiety, and stress?
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Healthy Orthorexia and Orthorexia Nervosa Among Nurses in Qatar.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Exploration of the Mediating Role of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness on Orthorexia Nervosa and Perfectionism.Psychological reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa and association with mental health among Palestinian physical education students - cross sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Affect, Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors, and Orthorexia Nervosa Among Women: Mediation Through Intuitive Eating.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa Tendencies in Two Cohorts of Polish Young Adults: A Comparative Analysis of Prevalence, Correlates, and Comorbidity.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Predictors of orthorexia nervosa in women: eating attitudes, emotional regulation difficulties, anxiety, depression and self-esteem.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Beyond healthy eating: introducing ONI-Hu, the Hungarian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa: Prevalence Among Spanish University Students and Its Effects on Cardiometabolic Health.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The relationship between healthy eating obsessions, clinical eating disorder, and health anxiety: the dark side of the pursuit of healthy eating.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The association between different types of childhood trauma and orthorexia nervosa: an observational study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Assessing orthorexic behaviors in a clinical sample: validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Düsseldorf orthorexia scale.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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- The Role of Psychological Parental Control and Internalizing Problems in the Etiology of Vigorexia and Orthorexia in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Mediating effect of psychological distress and mindful eating behaviors between orthorexia nervosa and academic self-efficacy among Lebanese university female students.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Orthorexia and Orthorexia Nervosa: A Comprehensive Examination of Prevalence, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The Relationship between Orthorexia Nervosa and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a lack of studies investigating the possible mediating role of psychological factors, such as depression, anxiety and stress on orthorexic eating behaviors. Given that personality attributes might affect the manifestation of psychological disorders, it was hypothesized that depression, anxiety and stress mediate the relationship between impulsivity-related traits and orthorexic eating, noting that previous research had evaluated the role of depression as a mediator between impulsivity and other pathological eating behaviors. The study objectives were to explore the mediating effect of depression, anxiety, and stress, on impulsivity and orthorexia nervosa, and healthy orthorexia.
methodsThis cross-sectional study conducted between July and December 2019 recruited 519 Lebanese adults from seven community pharmacies randomly selected from a list provided by the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists.
resultsOur results showed that depression and anxiety were positively correlated with ON. We also found a notable gender difference in findings: higher anxiety and female gender were significantly associated with higher TOS healthy orthorexia, while higher stress was associated with lower TOS healthy orthorexia. Finally, higher urgency was associated with lower TOS healthy orthorexia, while higher perseverance was significantly associated with higher TOS healthy orthorexia. Depression and anxiety partially mediated the association between perseverance and ON while anxiety and stress partially mediated the association between urgency and healthy orthorexia.
conclusionOur study suggests that depression, anxiety and stress play a mediating role between impulsivity and orthorexia nervosa/healthy orthorexia. Our findings provide a ground for future investigations of impulsive behaviors, psychopathology, and orthorexia in different populations.
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