"Drunkorexia": exploring the who and why of a disturbing trend in college students' eating and drinking behaviors.

Autor: Eisenberg MH; a Department of Psychology , George Washington University , Washington , DC., Fitz CC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2014; Vol. 62 (8), pp. 570-7.
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2014.947991
Abstrakt: Objective: "Drunkorexia," limiting food intake before alcohol consumption, increases college students' risk for negative alcohol-related health consequences. The current study tested whether (1) women engage in drunkorexia more frequently than men; (2) weight control motivations explain sex differences in drunkorexia; and (3) among women, weight control motivations are a particularly strong predictor of drunkorexia for heavier drinkers.
Participants: Undergraduate males and females (N = 63) recruited during fall of 2011.
Methods: PARTICIPANTS self-reported their alcohol consumption, drunkorexia, and weight control motivations online.
Results: Findings supported hypotheses: weight control motivations explained why women engage in drunkorexia more than men; and the weight control motivation → drunkorexia relation was strongest for heavier- (vs lighter-) drinking women.
Conclusion: Women have more weight concerns than men, which makes them more likely to engage in drunkorexia. Heavy-drinking women with strong weight control motivations are at greatest risk for drunkorexia. Interventions should help students more safely reconcile pressures to be thin and drink alcohol.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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