Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Exploring the Association between Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Symptoms By Food Security Status
- Nichole Sanchez
Montclair State University - Shannon O'Connor
University of Toledo - Kaoon Ban
Montclair State University
Abstract
We investigated whether the relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms differed by food security status (ie., food insecure vs food secure). There were 634 cis-gender female participants. No significant differences were found, body dissatisfaction was not less associated with eating disorder symptomology in the food insecure group.
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