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June 13, 2026Journal of Eating DisordersOpen Access

Changes in eating disorder symptoms and influential factors among Chinese college students: a four-wave longitudinal study

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MSMingze SunJDJiaojian DaiYLYukai Li

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Longitudinal trial examines change patterns and influential factors of eating disorder symptoms in college students, indicating the need for targeted interventions.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore the patterns of change in eating disorder symptoms and identify influential factors among Chinese college students.
  • Four-wave longitudinal design with 5608 participants
  • Evaluated eating disorder symptoms using EDE-QS over six-month intervals
  • Used latent growth mixture modeling and multivariate logistic regression for analysis.
  • Identified three change patterns in eating disorder symptoms: low-decreasing (79.1%), moderate-stable (17.5%), and high-increasing (3.4%)
  • Participants in urban areas were more likely to be in moderate-stable and high-increasing groups
  • Moderate-stable and high-increasing groups exhibited higher anxiety, insomnia, and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms, along with lower family functioning and self-control compared to low-decreasing group.

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Sun et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf34dfaef96ed7f055d9bhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-026-01678-8
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