Compulsive exercise among college students: 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates.

Ganson, KT; Mitchison, D; Rodgers, RF; Cunningham, ML; Murray, SB; Nagata, JM

Compulsive exercise among college students: 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates.

Ganson, KT Mitchison, D Rodgers, RF Cunningham, ML Murray, SB Nagata, JM

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Eat Weight Disord, 2022, 27, (2), pp. 717-728
Issue Date:: 2022-03

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dc.contributor.author	Ganson, KT
dc.contributor.author	Mitchison, D
dc.contributor.author	Rodgers, RF
dc.contributor.author	Cunningham, ML
dc.contributor.author	Murray, SB
dc.contributor.author	Nagata, JM
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-03T03:43:33Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-08
dc.date.available	2023-06-03T03:43:33Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03
dc.identifier.citation	Eat Weight Disord, 2022, 27, (2), pp. 717-728
dc.identifier.issn	1124-4909
dc.identifier.issn	1590-1262
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/170594
dc.description.abstract	PURPOSE: To provide 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of compulsive exercise among a national sample of college men and women. METHODS: We analyzed 4 academic survey years (2016-2020; N = 8251) of the national (USA) Healthy Minds Study. Compulsive exercise was measured by self-report of any occurrence of "compulsive" exercise in the past 4 weeks. Unadjusted prevalence of compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks was estimated across the 4 survey years by sex. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted among the pooled sample and stratified by sex to estimate the associations between compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates. RESULTS: Among the pooled sample, 11% (95% confidence interval [CI] 9.60-12.42%) of men and 17% (95% CI 15.86-18.24%) of women reported compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks. Prevalence across the 4 survey years remained stable among men and women. Higher body mass index was associated with greater odds of any compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks among men, while any sports participation was associated with greater odds of any compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks among women. Compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks was associated with greater odds of all mental health symptoms and illicit drug use among men and women, and higher odds of alcohol use among women. CONCLUSION: Compulsive exercise is relatively common among college men and women and is associated with substance use behaviors and poor mental health symptoms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation.ispartof	Eat Weight Disord
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s40519-021-01210-8
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dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Compulsive Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.subject.mesh	Substance-Related Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Substance-Related Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Compulsive Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Compulsive Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.subject.mesh	Substance-Related Disorders
dc.title	Compulsive exercise among college students: 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates.
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.location.activity	Germany
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
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Abstract:

PURPOSE: To provide 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of compulsive exercise among a national sample of college men and women. METHODS: We analyzed 4 academic survey years (2016-2020; N = 8251) of the national (USA) Healthy Minds Study. Compulsive exercise was measured by self-report of any occurrence of "compulsive" exercise in the past 4 weeks. Unadjusted prevalence of compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks was estimated across the 4 survey years by sex. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted among the pooled sample and stratified by sex to estimate the associations between compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates. RESULTS: Among the pooled sample, 11% (95% confidence interval [CI] 9.60-12.42%) of men and 17% (95% CI 15.86-18.24%) of women reported compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks. Prevalence across the 4 survey years remained stable among men and women. Higher body mass index was associated with greater odds of any compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks among men, while any sports participation was associated with greater odds of any compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks among women. Compulsive exercise in the past 4 weeks was associated with greater odds of all mental health symptoms and illicit drug use among men and women, and higher odds of alcohol use among women. CONCLUSION: Compulsive exercise is relatively common among college men and women and is associated with substance use behaviors and poor mental health symptoms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V, cross-sectional descriptive study.

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