title: Binge eating is associated with trait anxiety in Korean adolescent girls: a cross sectional study.
abstract: Binge eating occurs more frequently in women than in men, and is known to be related to psychological factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety. This study examined the relationship between binge eating and depression, trait anxiety, and perceived stress in Korean adolescents.
  
  
  
  Four hundred girls (aged 17-18 years) from two high schools located in Seoul completed self-report questionnaires. In total, 327 participants returned reliable responses, and were included in the final study. Binge eating was measured using the Bulimic Inventory Test Edinburgh. The questionnaire also included the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Trait Anxiety (TA) of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory (ASI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
  
  
  
  The binge-eating group had higher BMI than the control group. The binge-eating group showed higher scores than control on the PSS, BDI, ASI, and TA. The TA was most highly correlated with binge eating. From logistic regression analysis, TA was revealed to be the only factor that raised the risk of binge eating, whereas PSS, BDI, and ASI showed no statistical significance.
  
  
  
  Although binge eating was correlated with perceived stress, depression, and trait anxiety, when their influences were controlled, only binge eating appeared to be associated with trait anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kye-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kang-Seob
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Sangji University, Wonju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03181, South Korea. sewon33.lim@samsung.com.
authors.forename: Se-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002032:Bulimia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057566:Self Report; D066106:Seoul; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescent; Anxiety; Binge eating; Depression; Stress