title: Eating- and weight-related factors associated with depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood.
abstract: Research suggests that eating- and weight-related disturbances (EWRDs) are key factors associated with depressive symptoms. However, it is unclear how EWRDs, and to a greater extent body appreciation, are associated with depressive symptoms among emerging adults. This study investigated the association between EWRDs, body appreciation, and depressive symptoms among emerging adults. Female (n=473) and male (n=135) emerging adults completed measures of restrained eating, emotional eating, external eating, drive for muscularity, body appreciation, and depressive symptoms. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses, performed separately for women and men, found that restrained eating was significantly related to depressive symptoms among both genders, whereas emotional and external eating were significantly associated with depressive symptoms in women only. Body appreciation was negatively associated with depressive symptoms in both genders. The findings highlight the need for clinicians to assess for EWRDs and promote positive body appreciation among emerging adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada. Electronic address: rawana@yorku.ca.
authors.forename: Jennine S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rawana
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
authors.forename: Meghan L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McPhie
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hassibi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Body appreciation; Body image; Depression; Emerging adults; Risk factors