Coping styles moderate the relationship between perceived discrimination and eating behaviors during the transition to college.

ABSTRACT: The transition to college is a critical developmental window during which eating behaviors are susceptible to dysregulation. Changes in exposure to discrimination contribute to alterations in eating behaviors, which may be exacerbated or attenuated by coping styles. The present longitudinal study examines whether increases in perceived discrimination predict increases in overeating and decreases in eating well during the transition to college. We expect that adaptive coping styles will buffer against, while maladaptive coping styles will exacerbate, the effects of increases in perceived discrimination on increases in overeating and decreases in eating well. First year students (n = 804) were assessed at two time points: the spring before freshman year (Time 1) and one year later during the

SUBMITTER: Lee SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671288 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature