title: Eating disorder behaviors and depression: a minimal relationship beyond social comparison, self-esteem, and body dissatisfaction.
abstract: Existing literature fails to comprehensively identify factors contributing to the comorbid relationship between eating disorder (ED) behaviors and unipolar depression. Maladaptive social comparison, body dissatisfaction, and low self-esteem are disruptive psychological patterns common to both constructs. It is unclear whether a unique relationship exists between depression and eating disorder behaviors beyond the effects exerted by this negative cognitive triad. The purpose of the present study is to examine whether a unique relationship exists between depression and ED behaviors after controlling for maladaptive social comparison, body dissatisfaction, and low self-esteem. We predict minimal unique variance in ED behaviors will be explained by depression after controlling for this negative cognitive triad.
authors.affiliation: Cornell College, Department of Psychology, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314, USA. mgreen@cornellcollege.edu
authors.forename: Melinda A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Norman A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Kelly Yu-Hsin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Jada J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hallengren
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Davids
authors.forename: Lindsey P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kugler
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jepson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D003863:Depression; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult