The impact of COVID-19 on body-dissatisfied female university students.
Int J Eat Disord
; 54(7): 1283-1288, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1182136
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on young women's disordered eating and their responses to online interventions to reduce disordered eating.METHOD:
University students at risk of developing an eating disorder (N = 100) were randomly assigned to either receiving an online intervention to reduce disordered eating or not. Forty-one participants entered the study from September 2019 to March 2020 (pre-COVID) and 59 after physical distancing was introduced due to COVID pandemic (during COVID). Online assessments were conducted at baseline and 1-week follow up.RESULTS:
There was a significant increase in weight concerns, disordered eating, and negative affect among participants entering the trial during COVID compared to pre-COVID. The increases in the first two variables remained when adjusting for baseline negative affect. No significant interactions between time, condition and COVID status were observed.DISCUSSION:
Young women experienced increased levels of disordered eating after the onset of COVID. While no interactions with COVID were detected, changes to within-group effect sizes for disordered eating more than doubled for both online interventions and assessment from pre-COVID to during COVID, suggesting any attention to issues related to disordered eating in the context of reduced social contact may be beneficial.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Pandemics
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Body Dissatisfaction
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Eat Disord
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Eat.23521
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