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The aim of this study is to establish a link between depression and a negative eating attitude in women and to investigate whether this link correlates with a preoccupation with food and body image.
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Abstract The aim of this study is to establish a link between depression and a negative eating attitude in women and to investigate whether this link correlates with a preoccupation with food and body image. 50 participants from a keep fit class who were overweight and 50 university students, who were of normal weight became the participants. They completed The Beck Depression Inventory and The Eating Attitudes Test-26. A significant positive correlation was found between the questionnaires for each set of participants. A word list was also administered for memorisation, containing neutral, positive and negative mood/body image words and positive and negative food words. Better recall for food and mood/body image words was seen compared to neutral words, and better recall for negative words compared to positive word types was also seen. Correlations between inventory scores and word types recalled revealed that overweight participants had a significant positive correlation between EAT-26...
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