Coronavirus Stress and Overeating: The Role of Anxiety and COVID-19 Burnout
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BACKGROUND: This study examined the role of anxiety and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) burnout in the relationship between coronavirus stress and overeating among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: = 19.90, SD = 1.47, range = 18-25 years old; 54.34% female) completed self-reported online questionnaires regarding coronavirus stress, anxiety, COVID-19 burnout, and overeating. RESULTS: Anxiety showed partially indirect effect on the association between coronavirus stress and overeating. COVID-19 burnout exacerbated the indirect pathway between coronavirus stress and overeating via anxiety. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This is the first study, to our knowledge, that examines the underlying mechanisms of the coronavirus stress and overeating behavior association among Chinese college students. The results support several existing theories on stress and problematic eating behaviors and provide practical implications for prevention and intervention programs of overeating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chronic stress and emotional states significantly impact eating behaviors.
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A study of Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that stress and anxiety were indirectly linked to overeating.
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- Authors
- Wang, R., Ye, B., Wang, P., Tang, C., & Yang, Q.
- Affiliations
- Jiangxi Normal University (CN)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Jiangxi Health Vocational College (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Tang, Chunyan
- Venue
- Journal of Eating Disorders
- Published
- 2022-05-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59-59
- ISSN
- 2050-2974 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9059904
- OpenAlex
- W4225291102
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 4.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Eating Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Jiangxi’Key Research Base Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (JD20068)
- Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi’ Department of Education (GJJ200306)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- COVID-19 stress, overeating, anxiety, burnout, university students, problematic eating behaviors, stress and eating, Chinese students, COVID-19 pandemic
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