Physical and mental health outcomes associated with prior food insecurity among young adults.

Following a biopsychosocial model of food insecurity, this study examined differences in physical health and mental health outcomes among young adults ( N = 98) with and without a history of food insecurity. Young adults with a history of food insecurity had higher average levels of body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, depressive symptoms, stress, and disordered eating scores than individuals with no history of food insecurity. No differences were found with symptoms of anxiety.

Parent psychopathology as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and sleep problems in children.

Introduction: Sleep problems exert a negative impact on youths and their families. Parent and child mental health represent 2 posited, yet understudied, risk factors for sleep problems in youths. As such, this study sought to examine the role that parental psychopathology may play in mediating the relationship between child anxiety and sleep problems utilizing Internet sampling procedures.

Predictors of emotional eating during adolescents' transition to college: does body mass index moderate the association between stress and emotional eating?

Objective: This study sought to (1) examine perceived stress and resources to cope with stress as predictors of emotional eating during the transition to college and (2) determine whether body mass index (BMI) moderated the emotional eating-stress relationship.

Participants: Participants were 97 college freshmen (73% female; BMI: M = 25.3 kg/m(2), SD = 5.