Download or read book The Effects of COVID 19 Induced Stress Anxiety and Depression on the Eating Behavior of College Women written by Natalie Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Increases in the prevalence of disordered eating patterns have been linked to distress and poor mental well-being. Additionally, COVID-19 has been linked to both depressive and anxious symptomatology, along with increased feelings of distress (Fitzpatrick et al., 2020). Because disordered eating is particularly prevalent among college-aged women, this study sought to determine how depression, anxiety, and stress affect eating behaviors of college women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 179 women at Butler University, aged 18-24, gave informed consent before completing a questionnaire pertaining to their demographics, their stress surrounding COVID, and their weight change since March 2020. The next set of questionnaires asked about their anxiety, stress, and depression, as well as their eating behaviors, first at the time they completed the survey (September-December 2021) and next during the COVID-19 lockdown period (March-August 2020). Depression, anxiety, and stress were significantly higher during COVID-19 than during the fall of 2021, but college-aged women reported more restraint in their eating at the time of the study. No overall differences emerged in uncontrolled or emotional eating across the two time points. In correlational analyses, depression and anxiety during COVID-19 correlated with both uncontrolled and emotional eating (depression also correlated with cognitive restraint). Although change in self-reported stress levels across time did not predict changes in disordered eating, improvements in depression and anxiety from Spring 2020 to Fall 2021 correlated with less emotional eating across time. Together, these findings reinforce past research showing that college-aged women are a particularly vulnerable population during times of crisis"--Unnumbered leaf 1.

Download or read book Eating Behavior and Mental Health during the COVID 19 Pandemic written by José Aparecido Da Silva and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Covid 19 And Its Effects On Eating Behaviors And Stress In The College Student Population written by Kiersten Michele Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to describe 1) Which eating habits were impacted by COVID-19 regulation and policy changes in Kent State University students, 2) How were eating habits impacted by COVID-19 regulation and policy changes in KSU students and 3) Have stress levels increased by COVID-19 regulation and policy changes in KSU students. There were 272 participants were male and female students at Kent State University who were >=18 years and enrolled in undergraduate classes from spring 2020-spring 2021. Exclusion criteria included those that were >26 years old, those previously diagnosed with an eating disorder, and those in a graduate or Ph.D. programs. This study is a descriptive study that distributed an electronic survey by email to the participants. The survey included eight demographic questions, 22 eating behavior questions, and 11 stress questions. Current study found that 51% (32.1±3.87) of student's had high stress from March 2020-now. It was also seen that from March 2020-May 2021 students reported increased consumption of processed and sugary foods, as well as increased snacking, snacking due to boredom, and portion size in comparison to now. These findings suggest that COVID-19 regulations and policies had an impact on KSU students eating behaviors and increased stress. Increased stress and negative eating habits due to COVID-19 regulations and policies long term effects are unknown and studies should be done to further investigate.

Download or read book The Impact of COVID 19 on Weight Control Behaviors in College Aged Women with Eating Disorders written by Sydney Harris and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disorders have demonstrated the highest mortality rate of all mental health disorders. Individuals with this disorder often display a strong need for control, especially during times of stress, and attempt to establish that sense of control by manipulating their eating behavior, weight, and bodily appearance. Currently, there is a lack of research into the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health restrictions had on individuals with eating disorders, specifically among college-aged women. This grant-supported research proposal will study the impact of the pandemic on this population to provide information on changes to the weight control behaviors practiced by college-aged women with eating disorders. Understanding the impact of the pandemic on mental and emotional well-being can help inform effective interventions for primary care providers who work with this population.

Download or read book Like Walking Through a Fog written by Alexandra Elora Herron and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health of first-year college students at a public university with a focus on self-reported mental health, specifically symptoms associated with depression and anxiety. The aim of this study is to address the effect of COVID-19 on first-year students and gain an understanding of specific COVID-related concerns. Qualitative analysis relies on data from 12 semi-structured interviews with first-year students, which were analyzed through focused coding, resulting in the creation of five main codes: (1) mental health, (2) transitioning to adulthood, (3) missing opportunities, (4) missing connections, and (5) participant resilience. Health anxiety as well as isolation and a sense of burnout were the top contributors to worsening mental health symptoms according to interviewees. Other top contributors reported by interviewees were the delayed transition to college, increased time with family, adjusting to newfound independence, not staying on campus, online schooling, missing important milestones, and a lack of social connectedness. Despite these struggles, interviewees described several positives such as a strengthened bond with their family, development of healthy coping mechanisms, and time for introspection. This implicates the potential for deterioration of mental health in other first-year students and the need for more research on this population.

Download or read book Our Thoughts Matter written by Caitlin Zarzeczny and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aimed to explore the mental health of undergraduate college students within the context of COVID-19 pandemic, as well as cognitions about health threat and engagement in protective health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were (N = 276) undergraduate students attending the University of North Florida. Students completed a SONA systems survey between March 2021 and December 2021. Participants received course credit for completing the survey. Survey questions were taken from the Perceived Effectiveness of COVID-19 Prevention Effectiveness Protocols scale (Prasetyo et al., 2020). Three types of variables were assessed: demographics, perceived threat, and planned action. Correlational analyses were conducted to assess potential significant relationships between these variables and self-reported anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9). Hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted to explore relationship among demographics, perceived threat, and planned action and dependent anxiety and depression. Perceived threat was found to be a significant predictor variable for both anxiety and depression. Further research should look more into cultural factors that impact engagement in health behaviors.

Download or read book Disordered Eating Among College Women written by Lucielle Lynn Mason and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Exploring the Experiences of Emotional Eating Among College Women written by Tatum Elizabeth Siebert and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The role of negative affect has been a consistent finding in disordered eating literature. However, much of this research is quantitative in nature and typically addresses the formal eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-eating Disorder (BED). Often, individuals may engage in subthreshold disordered eating behaviors, such as emotional eating and may be at risk of developing a formal eating disorder. College-age women are especially vulnerable to developing these subthreshold disordered eating behaviors. There is limited research that explores the contextual factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of emotional eating among college women. The current study was designed to explore the experiences of emotional eating behaviors among college-age women using a qualitative phenomenological approach. College-age women (N = 8) were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format based around three central questions: (a) What are the participants' experiences with emotional eating?; (b) What is the association between emotional eating and relationships with significant others?; (c) How did participants begin the behavior of emotional eating? Results demonstrated the emergence of three primary categories: cycle of emotional eating, purpose of emotional eating, and interpersonal influences. These categories were further explained through themes and sub-themes. The results suggest that there are additional factors that contribute to emotional eating other than negative affect. These findings will be used to inform current treatment and develop prevention strategies that target college-age women who may be at risk for developing an eating disorder. Limitations of the study, implications for practice, and future research directions are discussed.

Download or read book The Effect of the COVID 19 Pandemic on how Social Media Use Influences Eating Disorders and Exercise Motivation written by Abhilasha M. Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted the life of every individual. Stay-at-home orders imposed to control the spread of the virus have only led to an increase in social media use to stay connected with others. College students were particularly affected by the measures put in place to control the spread of COVID-19 due to geographical, social, and economic changes (Aristovnik et al., 2020). The stress caused by these changes can increase eating disorder symptoms (Lacey et al., 1986) and exercise behaviors (Kim & McKenzie, 2014). The aim of the study is to observe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on how social media use influences eating disorders and exercise behaviors. The current study proposed that due to the pandemic, increased social media use will lead to increased eating disorder symptoms and affect exercise motivation. One hundred and ninety primarily Caucasian (n = 114), female (n = 169) students aged 18-45 were assessed on social media use and responded to the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire 6.0, the Exercise Motivation Inventory 2, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the U.S. Household Food Security Scale. The results revealed that fear of COVID-19, EDE-Q score, and exercise motivation did not differ between high and low Instagram users. Furthermore, fear of COVID-19 did not moderate the relationship between Instagram use and EDE-Q score or exercise motivation. Although non-significant, these results indicate that there is a need for further investigation, specifically in the US, for how the pandemic has impacted the lives of college students.

Download or read book Coping by Eating written by MaryEllen J. Crowley and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of stress on eating habits and calorie intake of 30 female college students.

Download or read book The Impact of Coping and Gender on the Relationship Between College Stress and Eating Behavior written by Jeaneta Michelle Waithe and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Depression and Maladaptive Eating Behaviors in College Students written by Laurene Elizabeth Sheilds and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship Between Depression and Anxiety on Binge eating Behaviors Among African American Women Seeking Weight Loss Surgery written by Clinton Stafford Bolton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Changes in Eating Habits Among Eating Competent and Non eating Competent College Students During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Jennifer Dearden and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies have illuminated changes related to dietary quality and eating behaviors that U.S. university students experienced during global coronavirus lockdowns. Limited qualitative research has been published on this topic. This study aimed to describe eating- and drinking-related behavior changes reported by U.S. undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic using the theoretical framework of Eating Competence (EC). This was a secondary analysis of data collected from an online survey administered from October through December 2020 to undergraduate students. The original survey consisted of previously validated and/or published instruments, including the Satter Eating Competence Inventory (ecSI 2.0TM). Using a direct content analysis approach, this study coded respondents’ answers to two open-ended questions regarding eating and drinking habits. Codes were written and classified deductively under the four domains of Eating Competence: Eating Attitudes, Food Acceptance, Internal Regulation, and Contextual Skills. Other codes were developed inductively to represent responses that did not fit within these domains. Respondents were categorized as EC or not EC based on their ecSI 2.0TM scores. 1,529 responses were analyzed. The eating context changed for many respondents, who widely reported eating and being at home more often during the pandemic, regardless of EC status. Many EC respondents discussed leaning into the changes in context and structure by trying more foods, cooking more often, and listening to their body’s hunger cues. Non-EC respondents frequently discussed how changes in their routine and lack of structure had resulted in a struggle to eat regularly, expressed concerns with weight, and were intentionally restricting their intake. Changes related to the eating context and contextual skills, as well as underlying stress, were primary drivers of the changes in eating habits that respondents experienced during the pandemic. This study highlights the benefit of qualitative analysis for expanding our understanding of theoretical frameworks like Eating Competence. Supplementary Files: 1) Code book, which includes the parent and sub-codes, a description of when the codes were applied, and examples of code applications. 2) Code tree, which visually represents some of the relationships between codes.

Download or read book The Impact of Body Dissatisfaction Stress and Eating Behaviors on Weight Cycling Among College Women written by Melissa Simone and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of Perceived Stress in Food Insecurity and Eating Behaviors written by Lauren Tiongco Hofschneider and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food insecurity occurs when an individual does not have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. This dissertation explored the role of psychological science in the relationship between food insecurity and eating outcomes, namely diet quality and maladaptive eating behaviors. I conducted three cross-sectional studies to test my hypotheses: (1) Food insecurity is associated with unhealthy eating outcomes (i.e., diet quality and maladaptive eating behaviors), and (2) perceived stress will mediate this relationship, controlling for relevant confounds. A theoretical model linking childhood food insecurity to poor diet quality in adulthood is introduced in this dissertation. My samples comprised of women, a group disproportionately affected by food insecurity, recruited from the longitudinal National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study, and a national sample of U.S. adults recruited from the Eating in America Study. Contrary to my hypothesis, I did not find evidence that food insecurity was associated with diet quality, nor was this effect explained through perceived stress. However, I did find small, but significant, effects linking food insecurity to maladaptive eating behaviors in a sample of women and a national sample of U.S. adults. The mediating role of perceived stress was significant, indicating that the effect of food insecurity on eating behaviors can be, in part, explained by perceived stress.

Download or read book The Effect of Choice on the Eating Behavior of Restrained and Unrestrained College Women written by Abby Lynn Friedman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: