Citation

Smith AR, Yeager AE, Dodd DR. Eat. Behav. 2014; 17C: 77-82.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Miami University, 90 N. Patterson Dr., Oxford, OH 45056, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.12.010

PMID

25617594

Abstract

We investigated longitudinal relationships among eating disorder behaviors, stoicism, and the acquired capability for suicide (ACS), which is a construct comprised of pain tolerance and fearlessness about death. University students (n=1150) completed assessments measuring stoicism, ACS, and eating disorder behaviors at two time points approximately 30days apart. Among women, there was a quadratic relationship between ACS and over-exercise behaviors, such that as ACS increased the positive association between ACS and over-exercise became more pronounced. Further, among women, ACS moderated the relationship between stoicism and over-exercise, such that high levels of ACS in combination with stoicism predicted increases in over-exercise.

RESULTS suggest that ACS in combination with stoicism may lead women to engage in more eating disordered behaviors, like over-exercise.

Language: en