Publications by authors named "Samantha Spoor"

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  • The Fear of Food Measure (FOFM) was adapted for adolescents (FOFM-A) to evaluate eating-related anxiety in youth, particularly since eating disorders are prevalent in this age group.
  • The study involved three samples of adolescents aged 11-18, showing that FOFM-A has strong reliability and validity, with good internal consistency and relevant correlations to anxiety and depression measures.
  • Adolescents with eating disorders scored significantly higher on the FOFM-A compared to those without, and a cutoff score of 1.93 effectively distinguishes between these groups, suggesting FOFM-A's potential in assessing and treating eating-related anxiety in adolescents.
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder impacting 10-16% of Americans in their lifetime. Approximately 60% of individuals with MDD have comorbid anxiety disorders. Additionally, although scarce research has examined eating disorders (EDs) in depression, a bidirectional association exists between ED and MDD symptoms.

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Background And Objective: Although studies have investigated the association between cigarette smoking and sleep outcomes among adolescents in the United States, few studies have examined the association between electronic vaping products (EVPs) use and insufficient sleep among adolescents. The objective of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional association between the use of EVPs and insufficient sleep among adolescents.

Methods: Data were pooled from the 2017 and 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

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Fear of being evaluated negatively by others is a risk factor for the development of disordered eating. Specifically, trait level fear of negative evaluation (FNE) predicts disordered eating severity above other social anxiety traits. However, it remains unclear how state levels of this fear may impact eating behavior.

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  • - The study addresses the lack of data on eating disorder psychopathology among underrepresented groups by establishing norms for the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) using a sample of 1,782 diverse Amazon MTurk workers.
  • - Researchers created the Demographic Assessment of Racial, Sexual, and Gender Identities (DARSGI) to analyze various demographic factors, revealing that a significant portion of the sample identified with underrepresented racial, gender, and sexual identities.
  • - Findings indicate that the EDE-Q scores for certain underrepresented identities are higher than previous norms, providing vital context for understanding eating disorders in these groups and potentially guiding future research and treatment approaches.
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This study explores benign masochism, the ostensibly non-adaptive enjoyment of inherently aversive experiences (e.g., rollercoasters).

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Disordered eating (DE) poses a large societal burden, yet limited research has examined DE from a developmental epidemiological perspective. It is important to consider how demographics influence DE symptoms to inform prevention and early intervention programs across diverse subpopulations. Therefore, we conducted network analyses using a large nationally representative epidemiological sample of high school students (Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States; n = 59,582) to identify the most important symptoms and symptom relationships among six DE behaviors.

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Introduction: Eating disorders (EDs) are serious mental illnesses with high rates of mortality, morbidity, and personal and societal costs. Onset of the Covid-19 pandemic led to increased ED diagnoses in the general public, as well as worsening of ED symptoms in those with an existing ED diagnosis. Heightened prevalence and severity of EDs during the pandemic is complicated by the fact that traditional modes of ED care (specialty intensive treatment provided by a multidisciplinary team) have been difficult to access during the pandemic.

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Enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-E) is one of the primary evidence-based treatments for adults with eating disorders (EDs). However, up to 50% of individuals do not respond to CBT-E, likely because of the high heterogeneity present even within similar diagnoses. This high heterogeneity, especially in regard to presenting pathology, makes it difficult to develop a treatment based "on averages" and for clinicians to accurately pinpoint which symptoms should be targeted in treatment.

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  • * Utilizing an online survey, researchers found that nearly 50% of the participants experienced some level of food insecurity, with a notable percentage facing very low food security.
  • * Results indicate that students with very low food security had significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress compared to those with higher food security, highlighting a need for support interventions for this population.
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Objective: Eating disorders (EDs) are characterized by significant anxiety during mealtime that contributes to food avoidance and weight loss. Individuals with EDs commonly use avoidance coping (e.g.

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Background: In the past decade, network analysis (NA) has been applied to psychopathology to quantify complex symptom relationships. This statistical technique has demonstrated much promise, as it provides researchers the ability to identify relationships across many symptoms in one model and can identify central symptoms that may predict important clinical outcomes. However, network models are highly influenced by node selection, which could limit the generalizability of findings.

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