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Received: March 24, 2022
Accepted: October 10, 2022
Published online: December 12, 2022

Number of Print Pages: 9
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 6

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

Abstract

Introduction: The number of young adults with eating disorders or subthreshold eating disorders has increased recently. Although disordered eating behaviors persist once they appear, there have been relatively few studies on factors that might cause disordered eating behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the eating attitudes of young adults change over time and the risk factors that increase disordered eating behaviors. Methods: A total of 1,141 college students, 639 males and 502 females, participated. We investigated changes in eating attitudes (using EAT-26 and BITE), depressive symptoms (using BDI-II), and stress coping (using CISS, which has three subscales) between 2 time points: at college entrance and in the fourth year of college. We divided the students into three groups (clinical, subthreshold, and healthy) based on EAT-26 scores and compared their BDI-II and CISS scores. Next, we identified students who developed disordered eating behaviors, both clinical and subthreshold, during their time at college (exacerbated students) and compared depressive symptoms and stress coping styles between exacerbated students and healthy students (unchanged students). Results: The students in the subthreshold group (both males and females) scored significantly higher on the BDI-II and emotion-oriented coping (CISS-E) than the students in the healthy group at college entrance. Additionally, the exacerbated students (both males and females) scored significantly higher on the CISS-E in the fourth year than unchanged students. The female exacerbated students scored significantly higher on the BDI-II than female unchanged students at both time points. Conclusions: Our results show that depressive symptoms and nonadaptive stress coping are associated with an increased risk of disordered eating behaviors. This study suggests that early intervention may be necessary for both the clinical and subthreshold groups. The key to early intervention may be to manage not only eating behaviors but also depressive symptoms and stress coping.

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First-Page Preview

Received: March 24, 2022
Accepted: October 10, 2022
Published online: December 12, 2022

Number of Print Pages: 9
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 6

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

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