Eating disorder risk among college sorority and fraternity members within the United States

Doney, Faith M; Sarkisyan, Ani; Compte, Emilio J.; Nagata, Jason M.; Pederson, Eric R; Murray, Stuart B.

doi:10.1080/10640266.2023.2188005

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“…Eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Pica, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder per the DSM-5-TR [ 1 ] would all appear to potentially benefit from this early detection and diagnosis. College students as young adults may be considered as more at risk of eating disorders than the population at large [ 16 , 24 , 34 , 47 ]. In addition, college students who may be at risk of eating disorders have been found to be more subsequently at risk for suicide [ 34 ], psychosis symptoms [ 23 ], and depression and anxiety [ 29 ].…”

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A 4pL item response theory examination of perceived stigma in the screening of eating disorders with the SCOFF among college students

Barnard-Brak,

Yang

2023

Eat Weight Disord

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We examined the psychometric properties of the SCOFF, a screening instrument for eating disorders, with consideration of the perceived stigma of items that can produce socially desirable responding among a sample of college students. The results of the current study suggest evidence of the sufficient psychometric properties of the SCOFF in terms of confirmatory factor and item response theory analyses. However, two items of the SCOFF revealed that individuals who otherwise endorsed other items of the SCOFF were less likely to endorse the items of Fat and Food. It is hypothesized that this is the result of perceived stigma regarding those two items that prompts individuals to respond in a socially desirable way. A weighted scoring procedure was developed to counteract the performance of these two items, but the psychometric performance was only slightly better and there would be a clear tradeoff of specificity over sensitivity if utilized. Future research should consider other ways to counteract such perceived stigma.Level of evidence Level III: Evidence obtained from cohort or case–control analytic studies.

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A 4pL item response theory examination of perceived stigma in the screening of eating disorders with the SCOFF among college students

Barnard-Brak,

Yang

2023

Eat Weight Disord

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Prevention of eating disorders: 2023 in review

Levine

2024

Eating Disorders

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A latent profile analysis of the EPSI: Mapping anxiety, distress tolerance, and anxiety sensitivity with disordered eating symptomatology among university students

Claydon,

Ward,

Geyer

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OBJECTIVE: Disordered eating (DE) is associated with a plethora of psychosocial risk factors, including anxiety and substance use disorders. The Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) is a validated questionnaire to assess DE. There are no latent profile analyses (LPA) of the EPSI that also examines these profiles with regards to important psychosocial risk factors. The purpose of this study was to fill that gap by connecting latent profiles of the EPSI subscales with anxiety, distress tolerance (DT), anxiety sensitivity (AS), and alcohol use (AU). METHODS: The sample comprised of 1,362 college students from a midwestern university who participated in an online health survey. The EPSI scale profiles were identified using LPA with robust maximum likelihood estimation, and ANOVAs were run to determine if the classes differed across anxiety, AS, DT, and AU. RESULTS: A four-class solution was found to be optimal (entropy>.96). Class 1 (49.4%) had the lowest levels of DE and alcohol problems; Class 2 (10.6%) had the highest scores for excessive exercise and along with Class 4, the highest beliefs on alcohol centrality; Class 3 (31.4%) comprised of participants who endorsed body dissatisfaction, restriction, and moderately high anxiety; and Class 4 (8.1%) had the highest EPSI scores across all subscales, as well as the highest levels of anxiety and problems with alcohol. CONCLUSIONS: Several latent profiles were found for the EPSI subscales and Class 4 represented the most problematic levels. Identifying this subgroup of college students may help develop interventions and treatment to address these interrelated behaviors.

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Eating disorder risk among college sorority and fraternity members within the United States

Cited by 3 publications

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A 4pL item response theory examination of perceived stigma in the screening of eating disorders with the SCOFF among college students

A 4pL item response theory examination of perceived stigma in the screening of eating disorders with the SCOFF among college students

Prevention of eating disorders: 2023 in review

A latent profile analysis of the EPSI: Mapping anxiety, distress tolerance, and anxiety sensitivity with disordered eating symptomatology among university students

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