The Role of Depressive Symptoms and Alexithymia in Predicting Disordered Eating Behavior Among Female Students

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  Introduction: The previous Research has shown that undesirable emotions are related to disordered eating behaviors and when eating is in response to negative emotions, it is more likely to affect a person's health. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of depression symptoms and alexithymia in predicting disordered eating behaviors among female College students.   Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 464 female students of Allameh Tabataba’i University which were selected by multiple cluster sampling, was conducted. Participants responded to the questionnaires of depression symptoms , Toronto Alexithymia Scale and The eating attitudes test . Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression.   Results: Results showed that there was a significant internal correlation among depression symptoms, alexithymia and disordered eating behavior (p

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