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General Anxiety and Specific Anxieties in Relation to Eating Disorder Behaviors and Body Checking and Avoidance

Davis, Cambria
http://orcid.org/0009-0006-0862-5891
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1731105931072636

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2024, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Eating disorders are complex psychological conditions often exacerbated by comorbidities with anxiety disorders. In addition to general anxiety, there are specific anxieties, such as anxiety about food and body, that are related to various eating disordered behaviors. The aim of the present study was to assess general anxiety and specific anxieties in relation to eating disorder behaviors and body checking and avoidance behaviors. Undergraduate student participants (N = 151) completed an online survey assessing general anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), anxiety about eating (Fear of Food Measure), body anxiety (Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale), eating behaviors (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire), body checking (Body Checking Questionnaire), and body avoidance (Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire). Two hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine: (1) the unique relationship between anxiety about eating and eating disorder behaviors, after controlling for general anxiety and (2) the unique relationship between body anxiety with body checking and avoidance behaviors, after controlling for general anxiety. The hypotheses were: (1) that anxiety about eating would explain unique variance in eating disorder behavior, and (2) that body-related anxiety would explain unique variance in body checking and avoidance. General anxiety was no longer a significant predictor when anxiety about eating was included in the model for ED behavior, suggesting that anxiety about eating may be more predictive of ED behaviors compared to general anxiety. Both general anxiety and body-related anxiety were significant predictors for BCA behaviors, although the inclusion of body-related anxiety accounted for the greatest proportion of variance in BCA behaviors.
Dara Musher-Eizenman, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
William O'Brien, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Abby Braden, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
61 p.
Psychology
psychology; anxiety; eating disorder behaviors; body checking and avoidance

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  • Davis, C. (2024). General Anxiety and Specific Anxieties in Relation to Eating Disorder Behaviors and Body Checking and Avoidance [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1731105931072636

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Davis, Cambria. General Anxiety and Specific Anxieties in Relation to Eating Disorder Behaviors and Body Checking and Avoidance. 2024. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1731105931072636.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Davis, Cambria. "General Anxiety and Specific Anxieties in Relation to Eating Disorder Behaviors and Body Checking and Avoidance." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1731105931072636

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