COVID-19 and changes in young adults' weight concerns.

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Behavioral Medicine Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-16 DOI:10.1007/s10865-024-00481-7

Megan Haas, Robert A Ackerman, Chrystyna D Kouros, Lauren M Papp

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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced fundamental challenges to nearly all aspects of college students' lives, yet changes in key domains of their health, including weight concerns, remain untested. The current study utilized a longitudinal project comprised of 355 young-adult college students (M_age=19.5, 66.8% female, 33.2% male) oversampled for recent substance use behavior. Participants completed multiple assessments (mode = 5) from September 2017 to September 2021. Piecewise growth-curve models tested whether COVID-19 onset was associated with changes in the trajectories of young adults' weight concerns. Analyses also examined participants' sex as a moderator of these trajectories. On average, participants reported a significant increase in weight concern levels around the start of COVID-19, although weight concern slopes were not significantly different before and after COVID-19. Additionally, moderation analyses showed that females (but not males) had a significant increase in weight concern levels after COVID-19 onset.

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COVID-19 和年轻人对体重关注的变化。

COVID-19 大流行给大学生生活的几乎所有方面都带来了根本性的挑战，但包括体重问题在内的大学生健康关键领域的变化仍未得到检验。目前的研究利用了一个纵向项目，该项目由 355 名年轻的成年大学生（年龄=19.5，66.8% 为女性，33.2% 为男性）组成，对他们最近的药物使用行为进行了过度抽样。参与者在 2017 年 9 月至 2021 年 9 月期间完成了多次评估（模式 = 5）。分段增长曲线模型检验了 COVID-19 的发生是否与年轻人体重问题的变化轨迹有关。分析还检验了参与者的性别对这些轨迹的调节作用。平均而言，在 COVID-19 开始前后，参与者对体重的担忧程度明显增加，尽管 COVID-19 前后对体重的担忧斜率并无显著差异。此外，调节分析表明，在 COVID-19 开始后，女性（而非男性）对体重的担忧程度会显著增加。

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Journal of Behavioral Medicine PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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5.70

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3.20%

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112

期刊介绍： The Journal of Behavioral Medicine is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary publication devoted to furthering understanding of physical health and illness through the knowledge, methods, and techniques of behavioral science. A significant function of the journal is the application of this knowledge to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation and to the promotion of health at the individual, community, and population levels.The content of the journal spans all areas of basic and applied behavioral medicine research, conducted in and informed by all related disciplines including but not limited to: psychology, medicine, the public health sciences, sociology, anthropology, health economics, nursing, and biostatistics. Topics welcomed include but are not limited to: prevention of disease and health promotion; the effects of psychological stress on physical and psychological functioning; sociocultural influences on health and illness; adherence to medical regimens; the study of health related behaviors including tobacco use, substance use, sexual behavior, physical activity, and obesity; health services research; and behavioral factors in the prevention and treatment of somatic disorders. Reports of interdisciplinary approaches to research are particularly welcomed.