Relationships Between Eating Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Female High School Students: A Social Network Analysis Perspective.

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between body image distress and disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) using peer-based social network characteristics during adolescence.METHODS: Data were drawn from the Korean Study of Adolescent Health, a longitudinal cohort investigating mental and behavioral health in Korean youth. The analytic sample comprised 315 female high school students from two cohorts. Eating behaviors, body image distress, depressive and anxiety symptoms, perceived stress, personality traits, and social network centrality were assessed using selfreport questionnaires. Ordinal and binary logistic regression analyses were conducted.RESULTS: Students in Cohort 23 reported lower body image distress and binge eating compared with those in Cohort 22 (p