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The impact of COVID-19 on body-dissatisfied female university students.
Zhou, Yuan; Wade, Tracey D.
  • Zhou Y; College of Education Psychology & Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Wade TD; College of Education Psychology & Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students / Feeding and Eating Disorders / Pandemics / Body Dissatisfaction / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / 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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students / Feeding and Eating Disorders / Pandemics / Body Dissatisfaction / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Young adult Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: English Journal: Int J Eat Disord Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Eat.23521