OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among depressive symptoms, stress and severity of binge eating symptoms in a community sample of African American and Hispanic or Latina women. METHOD: Women (African American, n = 127; Hispanic or Latina, n = 44) completed measures of body composition, stress, depression, and binge eating. RESULTS: Scores on a depressive symptom scale indicated that 24.0 % of participants exhibited clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms. Mean binge eating scores were below the threshold for clinically diagnosed binge eating (12.99 ± 7.90). Mean stressful event scores were 25.86 ± 14.26 and the average stress impact score was 78.36 ± 55.43. Linear regression models found that body composition, stress impact score, and being classified as having clinically significant levels of depression were associated with severity of binge eating symptoms. CONCLUSION: Higher levels of percent body fat, a CES-D score ≥16 and higher WSI-Impact scores were associated with greater severity of binge eating symptoms.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among depressive symptoms, stress and severity of binge eating symptoms in a community sample of African American and Hispanic or Latina women. METHOD:Women (African American, n = 127; Hispanic or Latina, n = 44) completed measures of body composition, stress, depression, and binge eating. RESULTS: Scores on a depressive symptom scale indicated that 24.0 % of participants exhibited clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms. Mean binge eating scores were below the threshold for clinically diagnosed binge eating (12.99 ± 7.90). Mean stressful event scores were 25.86 ± 14.26 and the average stress impact score was 78.36 ± 55.43. Linear regression models found that body composition, stress impact score, and being classified as having clinically significant levels of depression were associated with severity of binge eating symptoms. CONCLUSION: Higher levels of percent body fat, a CES-D score ≥16 and higher WSI-Impact scores were associated with greater severity of binge eating symptoms.
Authors: Rachel W Goode; Mariah M Cowell; Suzanne E Mazzeo; Courtney Cooper-Lewter; Alexandria Forte; Oona-Ifé Olayia; Cynthia M Bulik Journal: Int J Eat Disord Date: 2020-01-10 Impact factor: 4.861
Authors: Lorenzo M Donini; Riccardo Dalle Grave; Antonio Caretto; Lucio Lucchin; Nazario Melchionda; Enzo Nisoli; Paolo Sbraccia; Andrea Lenzi; Massimo Cuzzolaro Journal: Eat Weight Disord Date: 2014-01-22 Impact factor: 4.652
Authors: Rachel W Goode; Melissa A Kalarchian; Linda Craighead; Molly B Conroy; John Wallace; Shaun M Eack; Lora E Burke Journal: Eat Behav Date: 2018-03-09