[The influence of diet behavior and stress on binge-eating among female college students].
This study of 241 female college students examined the relationship among binge-eating, dieting, and stress, assessed at two different times. The results of path analysis showed significant paths both from binge-eating to dieting and from dieting to binge-eating were significant. In other words, binge-eating often results in dieting, and dieting often results in binge-eating, which becomes a vicious circle. The path from stress to binge-eating was significant, but not the path from binge-eating as a way of coping.
Koda
Sayaka
S
Department of Social Information, University of the Sacred Heart, Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8938, Japan. skoda@sunny.ocn.ne.jp
Sugawara
Kensuke
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*