- Title
- Academic distress & disordered eating in students during the Covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study at a South African university
- Creator
- Du Toit, Mae
- ThesisAdvisor
- Young, Charles Stephen
- Subject
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Influence
- Subject
- Eating disorders
- Subject
- College students Attitudes
- Subject
- College students Mental health
- Subject
- Stress (Psychology)
- Date
- 2021-10-29
- Type
- Academic theses
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192626
- Identifier
- vital:45244
- Description
- University students are at risk for reduced mental wellbeing, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, and among the most common problems experienced are academic distress and eating concerns. Through a stress-coping model lens, a link between academic distress and disordered eating in student populations appears possible but has not previously been explored. The present study examines this relationship in a South African undergraduate sample. Data were collected during the Covid-19 pandemic using a cross-sectional, correlational survey design and the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms (CCAPS). The results of a multiple regression analysis indicate that academic distress most strongly predicts eating concerns, followed by the demographic variables of female gender and black racial identification. This novel finding suggests that academic institutions should consider the broader academic environment as point of intervention for the prevention and treatment of disordered eating in students.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2021
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (36 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Du Toit, Mae
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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