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Examining Weekly Relationships Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Eating Disorder Symptoms

Kinkel-Ram, Shruti Shankar
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-2510
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1614863877192071

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2021, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Despite the severity and high rate of co-occurrence between eating disorders (ED) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), less is known regarding the temporal sequencing of their comorbidity and whether and how symptoms may influence one another over time. The current study sought to answer these questions by testing if a bidirectional, temporal relationship exists between ED symptoms and OCD obsessions and compulsions, across five time points, each one week apart using auto-regressive cross-lagged panel modeling. The final sample consisted of 358 symptomatic individuals from the community, the majority of whom identified as White and male. Bivariate correlations revealed that ED symptoms, obsessions and compulsions were associated with one another across the five weeks. Two cross-lagged panel models indicated that ED symptoms predicted OCD symptoms at numerous time points and vice versa. The model analyzing obsessions and compulsions separately found that only ED symptoms and obsessions predicted one another across different time points. Hence, our results provide preliminary evidence that there is a bidirectional, temporal relationship between ED symptoms and OCD symptoms among a community sample, particularly with respect to cognitive as opposed to behavioral symptoms.
April Smith, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Joshua Magee, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Elise Clerkin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
42 p.
Clinical Psychology
Eating disorders; obsessive-compulsive disorder; clinical psychology; longitudinal analyses

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  • Kinkel-Ram, S. S. (2021). Examining Weekly Relationships Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Eating Disorder Symptoms [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1614863877192071

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kinkel-Ram, Shruti. Examining Weekly Relationships Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Eating Disorder Symptoms. 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1614863877192071.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kinkel-Ram, Shruti. "Examining Weekly Relationships Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Eating Disorder Symptoms." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1614863877192071

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