Resilience Is Associated with Less Eating Disorder Symptoms in the NutriNet-Santé Cohort Study

Margaux Robert, Rebecca Shankland, Valentina A. Andreeva, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Alice Bellicha, Christophe Leys, Serge Hercberg, Mathilde Touvier and Sandrine Péneau
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Margaux Robert: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Rebecca Shankland: Laboratoire DIPHE (Développement, Individu, Processus, Handicap, Education), Université Lumière Lyon 2, 69000 Lyon, France
Valentina A. Andreeva: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Alice Bellicha: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Christophe Leys: Service D’analyse des Donnees (SAD), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Serge Hercberg: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Mathilde Touvier: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France
Sandrine Péneau: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques–Université de Paris (CRESS), 93017 Bobigny, France

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: Resilience is a positive psychological trait associated with a lower risk of some physical and mental chronic diseases and could be an important protective factor against eating disorders (EDs). The aim of this study was to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between resilience and ED in a large cohort of French adults. In 2017, a total of 25,000 adults from the NutriNet-Santé cohort completed the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). ED symptoms were measured in 2017 and 2020, with the Sick-Control-One-Fat-Food (SCOFF) questionnaire. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between resilience and EDs were analyzed using logistic regression, controlling for sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics. Cross-sectional analyses showed that more resilient participants exhibited EDs less frequently than did less resilient participants ( p < 0.0001). Longitudinal analyses showed that, during the three years of follow up, higher resilience was negatively associated with incident EDs (OR: 0.67, 95%CI: 0.61–0.74), persistent EDs (0.46 (0.42–0.51)), and intermittent EDs (0.66 (0.62–0.71)), compared with no ED. More resilient participants were also less likely to have a persistent ED than to recover from EDs (0.73 (0.65–0.82)). This study showed that resilience was associated with less ED symptoms and a higher chance of recovery.

Keywords: resilience; eating disorders; positive psychology; epidemiology; longitudinal study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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