Citation

Bulgin D, Frederick Amar A. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2016; 37(7): 493-500.

Affiliation

Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/01612840.2016.1172685

PMID

27144901

Abstract

College women who experience sexual violence (SV) and disordered eating (DE) are at risk for comorbid mental health symptomology (depression, somatization) and risky health behaviors (dating status, alcohol use). The purpose of this study is to explore associations of coexisting sexual violence history and disordered eating with mental health and health behaviors in college women. This cross sectional descriptive study is a secondary analysis of survey data from college students from five universities (n = 2747). College women with both SV and DE were more likely to experience increased depressive and somatic symptoms and participate in risky health behaviors.

Language: en