APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Longitudinal Relationships between Eating Disorders and Common Comorbidities in Veterans: Cross-Lagged Network Model Approach

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Irina Vanzhula
    University of Kansas
  • Yiyang Chen
    University of Kansas
  • Kelsie Forbush
    University of Kansas
  • William Morgan
    University of Kansas
  • Kara Christensen Pacella
    University of Nevada Las Vegas
  • David Watson
    University of Notre Dame

Abstract

The study used novel cross-lagged network model analysis to test longitudinal relationships between common internalizing disorders in military veterans. We found that PTSD avoidance symptoms predicted eating disorder (ED) symptoms three months later, and ED symptoms predicted depressive symptoms and panic, highlighting the need for assessing EDs and comorbidities.

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