title: Investigating Vulnerability for Developing Eating Disorders in a Multi-confessional Population.
abstract: The present study aimed to examine the vulnerability to eating disorders (ED) among 949 Lebanese female young adults as well as its association with stress, anxiety, depression, body image dissatisfaction (BID), dysfunctional eating, body mass index, religious affiliation (Christian, Muslim, Druze or Other), religiosity and activity level. Results showed that anxiety had the greatest effect on increasing the predisposition to ED, followed by stress level, BID, depression and restrained eating. Affiliating as Christian was found to significantly decrease the vulnerability to developing an ED. Furthermore, the interaction of anxiety with intrinsic religiosity was found to have a protective role on reducing ED. The current study emphasized a buffering role of intrinsic religiosity against anxiety and ED vulnerability.
authors.affiliation: Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon. rita.doumit@lau.edu.lb.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doumit
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khazen
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katsounari
authors.affiliation: Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Chant
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kazandjian
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zeeni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D002835:Christianity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D007861:Lebanon; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Eating disorders; Predisposition; Religiosity; Stress; Vulnerability
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