Charlotte Parque, Brianna Wingard, Kayla Neumann, Chelsea Ebisuya, Sarah Zasso, Rosalie Dillon, Kathryn Bruchmann
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Abstract
Objective: College students tend to have lower body image than other groups, in part because of comparisons they make with peers. The closing of college campuses due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the ability to compare; thus, we investigate how the transition to and from virtual-learning influenced body image.
Participants: Third- and fourth-year undergraduates (N = 103) at a private university.
Method: In Fall 2021, undergraduates retrospectively indicated their frequency of body talk, body surveillance, and restrained eating behaviors before the pandemic, during virtual-schooling, and upon returning to campus.
Results: Repeated-measures ANOVAs showed that virtual-schooling was associated with less body surveillance and fewer restrained eating behaviors than pre-COVID; and for students who lived at home (versus with friends), pre-COVID was associated with more body talk behaviors.
Conclusion: This study provides insights into how virtual-schooling may mitigate some of the risk factors for body image disturbances.
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Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.
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