ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2022
Prospective associations between loneliness and disordered eating from early adolescence to adulthood.
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- Perception of Loneliness in Adolescence: Role of Maladaptive Personality Traits and Trauma-Related Symptomatology.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The prevalence of and the effect of global stressors on eating disorders among medical students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Evidence for food-related and non-food-related maladaptive preference in a mouse model of binge eating disorder.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveDespite findings from numerous cross-sectional studies suggesting a substantial association between loneliness and different types of disordered eating, much remains unknown about the impact of confounding, the order of cause and effect, and gender differences in the relationship. Thus, this study followed a large, population-based, mixed-gender sample through adolescence and young adulthood, applying a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) approach to examine the bidirectional prospective associations between loneliness and disordered eating while ruling out the effect of unmeasured time-invariant confounders.
methodA Norwegian sample of N = 2933 adolescents (54.2% female) was examined across four time points (T1, M
resultsFor male participants, high levels of loneliness at T1 predicted more overall disordered eating and more dieting at T2. Meanwhile, among female participants, disordered eating and bulimic symptoms at T2 predicted more loneliness at T3, whereas loneliness at T3 predicted more disordered eating and bulimic symptoms at T4, and vice versa. DISCUSSION: The findings suggest a pattern of bidirectional associations between loneliness and disordered eating that varies by time points, gender, and type of eating problem. Preventive interventions and treatment should consider social factors involved in the onset and maintenance of eating problems in male adolescents and young adult women. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE: This study contributes to the existing knowledge by examining for the first time the dynamic nature of the association between loneliness and disordered eating while accounting for all time-invariant confounding. Our findings reveal a pattern of bidirectional associations between loneliness and disordered eating that appears to vary by developmental period, gender, and type of eating problem. Our findings suggest that social factors have to be taken into account when designing prevention strategies aimed at disordered eating.
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