Exercise and Diet as Potential Moderators Between Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Relationship Quality Among Emerging Adults

Smith‐Marek, Erika N.; Durtschi, Jared A.; Brown, Cameron C.; Dharnidharka, Prerana

doi:10.1080/01926187.2016.1145080

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“…Diet and depression. Eight of the included studies examined the association between diet quality and symptoms of depression (Fang et al, 2014;Fuglestad et al, 2013;Lazarevich et al, 2017;Quehl et al, 2017;Sakai et al, 2017;Smith-Marek et al, 2016;Wattick et al, 2018;Ye et al, 2016). Best evidence synthesis for these eight studies, which takes into account the state of the evidence as a whole, revealed moderate evidence for an inverse association between overall diet quality and depressive symptoms.…”

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Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review

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Previous research has reported associations between diet and risk of depression and anxiety; however, this is underexplored in emerging adulthood (EA; 18–29 years). This systematic review examined associations between diet quality and common mental disorders and their related symptomatology in the published EA literature. A systematic search according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines was conducted for articles published between 2009 and 2019. Grading of evidence was performed using an established quality assessment tool for quantitative studies. Sixteen studies were included for review. Findings supported EA as a risk period for both poor mental health and low diet quality. There was moderate support for associations between diet quality and depression, anxiety, positive/negative affect, suicide ideation, and psychological health. Methodological quality overall was weak. EA appears to be a critical period for both diet quality and mental health. Further research is needed to better understand diet and mental health associations among EAs.

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Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review

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“…associated with increased PTSD symptomology [18,20]. Similarly, poor diet has been identified as a modifiable risk factor for other mental health conditions such as depression anxiety, and schizophrenia [21][22][23][24].…”

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“…The impact of food behaviors and diet quality is of emerging interest across broad clinical fields of mental health [14]. PTSD has been associated with stress-related eating disorders [15][16][17], emotional eating [18,19], and poor diet quality [18,20]. In particular, poor dietary intake such as increased sugar intake and low fruit and vegetable intakes have been…”

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Conflicting relationship between dietary intake and metabolic health in PTSD: A systematic review

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling psychological condition associated with significant physical comorbidities. There has been growing evidence to support the relationship between PTSD and cardiometabolic disease. Disordered eating behaviors often seen in people with PTSD symptoms may explain increased cardiometabolic risk. This systematic review aimed to assess the quality of evidence surrounding dietary intake of individuals with symptoms or a diagnosis of PTSD and their associated risk with cardiometabolic health outcomes. Online databases Scopus, ProQuest (Health), Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, and CINAHL with Full Text were searched for peer-reviewed English articles prior to December 2017 that examined dietary intake and cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with PTSD symptoms or diagnosis. The quality of each study was graded based on the design and methodology using adapted quality assessment tools. Seven studies with five unique participant samples were included in the review. Study methods, design, populations, and outcomes were inconsistent across studies. Dietary intake was considerably varied and limited associations were demonstrated between dietary intake and cardiometabolic risk factors in the PTSD cohorts. Due to the variability of measures and study outcomes, there was insufficient evidence to determine the relationship between dietary intake and PTSD-related cardiometabolic health outcomes. Future studies are needed to examine these associations in individuals with PTSD: specifically higher quality descriptive studies are necessary to confirm a link between diet and cardiometabolic disease in PTSD.

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“…Researchers have found that preceding prolonged exposure therapy with moderate-intensity aerobic exercise using a treadmill significantly reduced symptoms of PTSD among survivors of trauma, compared with survivors who received prolonged exposure therapy alone (Powers et al, 2015). Findings from one study indicated that vigorous-intensity exercise is inversely related to PTSD hyperarousal symptom severity (Harte, Vujanovic, & Potter, 2015) while data from another study found a positive association between exercise and posttraumatic stress symptoms, suggesting that those who experience traumatic stress reactions might be using exercise to manage symptoms (Smith-Marek, Durtschi, Brown, & Dharnidharka, 2016).…”

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“…Self-care strategies, including exercise, might be helpful during this stage. Given that some trauma survivors have been found to display decreased involvement in exercise (Rutter, Weatherill, Krill, Orazem, & Taft, 2013) whereas others display increased involvement (Smith-Marek et al, 2016), understanding exercise motivation might improve treatment outcomes.…”

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“I Don’t Like Being That Hyperaware of My Body”: Women Survivors of Sexual Violence and Their Experience of Exercise

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The experience of exercise among women survivors of sexual violence is a multifaceted phenomenon. In effort to inform treatment interventions, we used a phenomenological approach to describe the lived experience of exercise among women survivors of sexual violence. Data analysis from a focus group discussion and individual interviews with eight women survivors receiving services at a rape crisis center (RCC) revealed four themes: exercising (and not exercising) fosters safety, exercising is risky, past trauma restricts exercise choices, and exercising is beneficial. Findings indicate that survivors' experience of exercise is related to their connections with self and their social environment. Survivors' choices related to exercise were impacted by their stage of recovery. A variety of social-contextual factors appeared to support or impede motivation to exercise and it was not disinterest in exercise or low confidence in the ability to exercise, but restricted exercise options perceived as safe that influenced exercise motivation.

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Exercise and Diet as Potential Moderators Between Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Relationship Quality Among Emerging Adults

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review

Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review

Conflicting relationship between dietary intake and metabolic health in PTSD: A systematic review

“I Don’t Like Being That Hyperaware of My Body”: Women Survivors of Sexual Violence and Their Experience of Exercise

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