Prevalence of mental disorders and problematic eating behavior among male and female medical students
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Abstract
This study investigates differences in the prevalence rates of psychological distress, dysfunctional eating attitudes as well as under- and over-weight between female and male medical students. The study sample consists of N = 141 second-year medical students (representing 76.6% of the whole student sample). Although female students exhibited higher symptom scores than males in nearly all variables, there were no significant differences in prevalence rates (based on gender-specific reference data) between female and male students. For females, the highest prevalence was in general psychological distress (39.5%), male students had highest prevalence rates in the domain of anxiety (45.3%). Depending on the specific subscale, between 16.1 and 22.9 percent of the female and 9.5 to 23.5 percent of the male students reported dysfunctional eating attitudes. Using restrictive criteria (underweight: BMI < 20), 30.6 percent of the female and 23.5 percent of the male students were underweight.
Details
Original language | German |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-149 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-1491-9195/work/142256063 |
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Keywords
Keywords
- Disordered eating, Gender differences, Medical students, Prevalence, Psychological distress