Eating disorder pathology and compulsive exercise during the COVID-19 public health emergency: Examining risk associated with COVID-19 anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

COVID-19 has led to disruptions in daily living and increased uncertainty about physical, financial, social, and psychological consequences, which may contribute to anxiety, eating disorder (ED) pathology, and compulsive exercise. Individual factors, such as intolerance of uncertainty, may impact risk for ED pathology and CE in response to COVID-19 anxiety. The current study examined associations between COVID-19 anxiety, trait intolerance of uncertainty, and COVID-19 intolerance of uncertainty and ED pathology and compulsive exercise.

Method

Undergraduate participants (N = 295) completed a series of online questionnaires between March and April of 2020.

Results

COVID-19 anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty were associated with ED pathology, but not compul

SUBMITTER: Scharmer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817895 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature