Disordered eating among university students at pre and post COVID-19: a cohort comparison study

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Objectives: A cross-sectional study was conducted to understand the role of weight concerns, emotion regulation, stress, anxiety and depression in the expression of eating disorders (ED) symptoms among university students in 2019, at pre COVID-19, and in 2022, at post-pandemic. Method: A total of 845 students completed the Depression, anxiety, stress questionnaire-21, the Difficulties in emotion regulation scale and the Weight concerns scale as part of a campus-wide campaign that aimed to raise awareness on psychological well-being among students, conducted at pre- and at post- pandemic. Multiple hierarchical regressions were run to test the effects of emotion regulation, stress, anxiety, depression and weight concerns on ED symptoms, controlling for participants’ age and sex. Results: Results showed significant increases in students’ levels of stress, anxiety, depression as well as higher emotion regulation difficulties at post-pandemic. There was also, significant effects of anxiety and emotion regulation on ED symptoms across both years whereas

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