College students’ attitudes towards disordered eating and binge drinking relationships

Title

College students’ attitudes towards disordered eating and binge drinking relationships

Identifier

honSP2018Libbey

Subjects

["College students -- Alcohol use","Eating disorders.","College students"]

Format

["application/pdf"]

Language

["English"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Honors Theses"]

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Title

College students’ attitudes towards disordered eating and binge drinking relationships

Identifier

honSP2018Libbey

Subjects

["College students -- Alcohol use","Eating disorders.","College students"]

Type

["Text"]

Genre

["Honors Theses"]

Format

["application/pdf"]

Rights

General Notes

Honors thesis research directed by the Department of Psychology.

Extent

21 pages

Language

["English"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Honors Theses"]

Author

Libbey, Nicole

Department or Program

["Towson University. Department of Psychology"]

Abstract

The typical college experience encourages regular alcohol consumption and the pursuit of unattainable beauty standards. As such, college students are skipping meals before drinking with the intentions of avoiding weight gain or increasing the onset of their intoxication. Defined as ‘drunkorexia’ in 2012 by Barry & Piazza-Gardner, the present study measured the frequency of this behavior as well as acceptability of each motive in college populations. The survey was distributed through a social psychology research website and the University research pool, yielding a sample of 462. The sample had a mean age of 20.23, was 68% female, and 60% white. Participants read one of two gender-matched vignettes which described a college student skipping a meal before drinking either to (a) avoid gaining weight (WGA) or (b) increase their intoxication level (II). Acceptability was measured using a10-item semantic differential scale of adjectives describing the target and engagement was assessed using the Drunkorexia Motives and Behavior Scale (Ward & Galante, 2016). We hypothesized that females would be more accepting of the WGA motive and males would be more accepting of the II motive. Contrary to our hypothesis, females were less accepting of drunkorexia than males for either motive. Moreover, the WGA motive was rated more negatively than the II motive by both genders. Being at risk for an eating disorder impacted drunkorexia engagement more than being at risk for an alcohol use disorder. Moreover, those at risk for an eating disorder were more accepting of drunkorexia engagement than those not at risk. Lastly, individuals rating the vignettes the most negatively were also found to have the highest engagement in the behavior, yielding the need for continued research into the consequences of drunkorexia and its perceived acceptability.

Date Published

18 September 2019

Specialization

["Clinical psychology"]

Author (Controlled)

["Libbey, Nicole"]

Thesis Advisor

["Katz, Elizabeth C."]

Degree Note

2018-05

College students’ attitudes towards disordered eating and binge drinking relationships

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