The effects of puberty on associations between mood/personality factors and disordered eating symptoms in girls.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Negative and positive urgency, anxiety, and depressive symptoms are significant factors of disordered eating (DE) symptoms in early adolescence through young adulthood. However, it is unclear how puberty-a critical developmental milestone that is associated with increased risk for DE symptoms-affects the relationship between these factors and DE symptoms, given that the role of pubertal status has rarely been considered in relation to these associations. Thus, the present study examined whether puberty moderates associations between mood/personality factors and DE in pre-adolescent and adolescent girls.

Method

Participants included 981 girls (aged 8-16 years) from the Michigan State University Twin Registry. Mood/personality factors, pubertal status, and DE were as

SUBMITTER: Vo PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609476 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature