Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents
Adolescence is considered an important period of neurodevelopment. It is a time for the emergence of psychosocial vulnerabilities, including symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and increased engagement in unhealthy eating behaviours. Food addiction (FA) in adolescents is an area of study where...
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| author | Mark Leary Kirrilly M. Pursey Antonio Verdejo-Garcia Scarlett Smout Nyanda McBride Bridie Osman Katrina E. Champion Lauren A. Gardner Hiba Jebeile Erin V. Kelly Louise Thornton Maree Teesson Tracy L. Burrows |
| author_facet | Mark Leary Kirrilly M. Pursey Antonio Verdejo-Garcia Scarlett Smout Nyanda McBride Bridie Osman Katrina E. Champion Lauren A. Gardner Hiba Jebeile Erin V. Kelly Louise Thornton Maree Teesson Tracy L. Burrows |
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| description | Adolescence is considered an important period of neurodevelopment. It is a time for the emergence of psychosocial vulnerabilities, including symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and increased engagement in unhealthy eating behaviours. Food addiction (FA) in adolescents is an area of study where there has been substantial growth. However, to date, limited studies have considered what demographic characteristics of adolescents may predispose them to endorse greater symptoms of FA. Studies have found a variety of factors that often cluster with and may influence an adolescent’s eating behaviour such as sleep, level of self-control, and parenting practices, as well as bullying. Therefore, this study investigated a range of socio-demographic, trait, mental health, and lifestyle-related profiles (including self-control, parenting, bullying, and sleep) as proximal factors associated with symptoms of FA, as assessed via the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C) in a large sample of Australian adolescents. Following data cleaning, the final analysed sample included 6587 students (age 12.9 years ± 0.39; range 10.9–14.9 years), with 50.05% identifying as male (<i>n</i> = 3297), 48.5% as female (<i>n</i> = 3195), 1.02% prefer not to say (<i>n</i> = 67), and 0.43% as non-binary (<i>n</i> = 28). Self-control was found to be the most significant predictor of total FA symptom score, followed by female gender, sleep quality, and being a victim of bullying. Universal prevention programs should therefore aim to address these factors to help reduce the prevalence or severity of FA symptoms within early adolescent populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bdde8550dcb4cb486a341675340f9952023-11-24T13:18:44ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-12-01121248810.3390/bs12120488Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among AdolescentsMark Leary0Kirrilly M. Pursey1Antonio Verdejo-Garcia2Scarlett Smout3Nyanda McBride4Bridie Osman5Katrina E. Champion6Lauren A. Gardner7Hiba Jebeile8Erin V. Kelly9Louise Thornton10Maree Teesson11Tracy L. Burrows12School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Health and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, AustraliaSchool of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Health and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, AustraliaSchool of Psychological Sciences, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaNational Drug Research Institute, EnAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaChildren’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaSchool of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Health and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, AustraliaAdolescence is considered an important period of neurodevelopment. It is a time for the emergence of psychosocial vulnerabilities, including symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and increased engagement in unhealthy eating behaviours. Food addiction (FA) in adolescents is an area of study where there has been substantial growth. However, to date, limited studies have considered what demographic characteristics of adolescents may predispose them to endorse greater symptoms of FA. Studies have found a variety of factors that often cluster with and may influence an adolescent’s eating behaviour such as sleep, level of self-control, and parenting practices, as well as bullying. Therefore, this study investigated a range of socio-demographic, trait, mental health, and lifestyle-related profiles (including self-control, parenting, bullying, and sleep) as proximal factors associated with symptoms of FA, as assessed via the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C) in a large sample of Australian adolescents. Following data cleaning, the final analysed sample included 6587 students (age 12.9 years ± 0.39; range 10.9–14.9 years), with 50.05% identifying as male (<i>n</i> = 3297), 48.5% as female (<i>n</i> = 3195), 1.02% prefer not to say (<i>n</i> = 67), and 0.43% as non-binary (<i>n</i> = 28). Self-control was found to be the most significant predictor of total FA symptom score, followed by female gender, sleep quality, and being a victim of bullying. Universal prevention programs should therefore aim to address these factors to help reduce the prevalence or severity of FA symptoms within early adolescent populations.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/12/488food addictionadolescenceYFAS-Cchildren’s yale food addiction scaleself-controlHealth4Life |
| spellingShingle | Mark Leary Kirrilly M. Pursey Antonio Verdejo-Garcia Scarlett Smout Nyanda McBride Bridie Osman Katrina E. Champion Lauren A. Gardner Hiba Jebeile Erin V. Kelly Louise Thornton Maree Teesson Tracy L. Burrows Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents Behavioral Sciences food addiction adolescence YFAS-C children’s yale food addiction scale self-control Health4Life |
| title | Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents |
| title_full | Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents |
| title_short | Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents |
| title_sort | socio demographic self control bullying parenting and sleep as proximal factors associated with food addiction among adolescents |
| topic | food addiction adolescence YFAS-C children’s yale food addiction scale self-control Health4Life |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/12/488 |
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