Understanding comorbidity between eating disorder and premenstrual symptoms using a network analysis approach.

ABSTRACT: Eating disorder symptoms are associated with ovarian hormones and fluctuate predictably across the menstrual cycle. However, the specific symptoms that underlie these associations remain unclear. The current study aims to examine which specific eating disorder and premenstrual symptoms confer risk and maintain comorbidity using network analysis. Eating disorder and premenstrual symptoms were measured using the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory and the Daily Record of Severity of Problems, respectively, in a large sample of young adult females. Network analysis was used to explicate the structure of eating and premenstrual symptom networks separately and together. Eating disorder networks replicated previous literature and identified body dissatisfaction as a core feature, but was unique

SUBMITTER: Finch JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790037 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature