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Dysphoric Mood May Explain the Relation between Sleep Reactivity and Binge Eating but Not Purging
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Elizabeth N. Dougherty; Angeline R. Bottera; Alissa A. Haedt-Matt – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This study investigated whether sleep reactivity (i.e., a propensity to experience sleep disturbances when stressed) relates to eating disorder behavioral symptoms indirectly through dysphoric mood in a sample of college students. Participants: One hundred and ninety-eight college students (51.5% female). Methods: Participants completed…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Eating Disorders, Measurement Techniques, Sleep
Holistic Grief Effects, Mental Health, and Counseling Support in Bereaved College Students
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Varga, Mary Alice; Lanier, Bethany; Biber, Duke; Stewart, Bridgette – College Student Affairs Journal, 2021
This study examined the relationships between holistic grief effects experienced by college students, mental health, and the use of various counseling supports. A total of 1,092 college students completed an online survey about their losses, holistic grief effects they experienced, and the various types of counseling support they utilized while…
Descriptors: Grief, Mental Health, Counseling Services, College Students
Young Adults' Food Selection Patterns: Relations with Binge Eating and Restraint
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Lydecker, Janet A.; Palmberg, Allison A.; Hill, Katherine Vatalaro; Mazzeo, Suzanne E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Binge eating is increasingly prevalent in college students (White, Reynolds-Malear, & Cordero, 2011). Binge episodes involve eating an objectively large quantity of food in a discrete amount of time and a perceived lost control over eating (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Strong negative affect commonly precedes and follows each…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Eating Disorders, Health Behavior
College Student Stress: A Predictor of Eating Disorder Precursor Behaviors
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Shelton, Virginia L.; Valkyrie, Karena T. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2010
Eating disorders are compulsive behaviors that can consume a person's life to the point of becoming life threatening. Previous research found stress associated with eating disorders. College can be a stressful time. If stress predicted precursor behaviors to eating disorders, then counselors would have a better chance to help students sooner. This…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Predictor Variables, Stress Variables, Student Behavior
Experiential Avoidance and Problem Behavior: A Mediational Analysis
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Kingston, Jessica; Clarke, Sue; Remington, Bob – Behavior Modification, 2010
Despite their formal dissimilarity, problem behaviors (e.g., substance misuse, binge eating, self-harm) may share a common function. According to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this shared function is "Experiential Avoidance," the process of avoiding, escaping or otherwise altering unwanted private events (e.g., thoughts, feelings,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Structural Equation Models, Eating Disorders, Risk
Caretaking, Separation from Parents, and the Development of Eating Disorders.
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Meyer, Dinah F.; Russell, Richard K. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1998
Investigates the relationship between the cognitive and behavioral indicators of eating disorders and characteristics of codependency, including exaggerated caretaking and constricted emotion. The role of family environment is investigated through an assessment of separation from parents. Findings are discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, College Students, Counseling, Eating Disorders