title: Disordered eating-related cognition and psychological flexibility as predictors of psychological health among college students.
abstract: The present cross-sectional study investigated the relation among disordered eating-related cognition, psychological flexibility, and poor psychological outcomes among a nonclinical college sample. As predicted, conviction of disordered eating-related cognitions was positively associated with general psychological ill-health and emotional distress in interpersonal contexts. Disordered eating-related cognition was also inversely related to psychological flexibility, which was inversely related to poor psychological health and emotional distress in interpersonal contexts. The combination of disordered eating-related cognition and psychological flexibility accounted for the proportion of variance of these poor psychological outcomes greater than disordered eating-related cognition alone. Finally, psychological flexibility accounted for the proportion of variance of these negative psychological variables greater than did disordered eating-related cognition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. psyaxm@langate.gsu.edu
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Page L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Johanna W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wendell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult