Disordered eating, self-esteem, and depression symptoms in Iranian adolescents and young adults: A network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The network theory of psychopathology examines networks of interconnections across symptoms. Several network studies of disordered eating have identified central and bridge symptoms in Western samples, yet network models of disordered eating have not been tested in non-Western samples. The current study tested a network model of disordered eating in Iranian adolescents and college students, as well as models of co-occurring depression and self-esteem.

Method

Participants were Iranian college students (n= 637) and adolescents (n = 1,111) who completed the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-II). We computed six Glasso networks and identified central and bridge sympto

SUBMITTER: Sahlan RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8159574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature