An Examination of Sex Differences in a Disease-Specific Model of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Preliminary evidence supports the integration of type 1 diabetes (T1D) disease-specific factors into eating disorder risk models. The current study explored whether cross-sectional associations among constructs included in the modified dual pathway model of eating disorder risk for individuals with T1D are similar across sex among adolescents and young adults with T1D.

Methods

Original study participants were recruited from the T1D Exchange Clinic Network, a U.S. registry of individuals with T1D. Online surveys included measures of general eating disorder risk factors, hypothesized T1D-specific risk factors, and a T1D-specific eating disorder questionnaire. The current study is a secondary analysis with the adolescents (13-17 years; n = 307; 46.9% female) and young

SUBMITTER: Smith LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964220 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature