title: Bidirectional Associations Between Disordered Eating and Health-Related Quality of Life in Elementary School-Age Youth.
abstract: To examine longitudinal, bidirectional associations between disordered eating and physical/psychosocial health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a nonclinical community sample of elementary school-age youth.
  
  
  
  Participants included 130 children between the ages of 7 and 10 years ( M age = 8.62). Disordered eating and physical/psychosocial HRQOL were assessed using self-report measures at three time points. The potential bidirectional associations were examined using a longitudinal panel model.
  
  
  
  Higher disordered eating predicted lower psychosocial HRQOL during a 6-month period within the same academic year, and lower HRQOL predicted higher disordered eating during a 6-month period across academic years.
  
  
  
  The current study found longitudinal, bidirectional associations between disordered eating and psychosocial, but not physical, HRQOL. The results provide evidence for psychosocial HRQOL as a potential predictor and consequence of disordered eating attitudes. Limitations, future directions, and implications of this research are discussed.
authors: Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Tarrah B
authors: TB
authors: Mitchell
authors: Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Ric G
authors: RG
authors: Steele
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: children; disordered eating; longitudinal; quality of life