焦虑敏感性与青少年情绪化进食的关系:友谊质量的调节作用

The relationship between anxiety sensitivity and emotional eating in adolescents:The moderating effect of friendship quality

目的考察友谊质量在焦虑敏感性与青少年情绪化进食之间的调节作用。方法采用儿童焦虑敏感性指数量表、中国青少年情绪化进食量表以及友谊质量量表对广东省4所中学的814名青少年进行调查。结果青少年焦虑敏感性与情绪化进食呈正相关,友谊质量与焦虑敏感性、情绪化进食呈负相关;焦虑敏感性能够显著正向预测青少年的情绪化进食;友谊质量在焦虑敏感性与青少年情绪化进食之间的调节作用显著,在低友谊质量组,焦虑敏感性显著正向预测青少年情绪化进食,在高友谊质量组,焦虑敏感性的预测作用不显著。结论友谊质量可以缓解焦虑敏感性对青少年情绪化进食的不良影响。

Objective To explore the moderating effect of friendship quality in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and emotional eating in adolescents.Methods 814 adolescents from four middle schools in Guangdong Province were tested with the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index,the Emotion Eating Scale for Chinese Adolescents,and the Friendship Quality Scale.Results The anxiety sensitivity was significantly and positively correlated with adolescents'emotional eating;the friendship quality was significantly and negatively correlated with their anxiety sensitivity and emotional eating;the anxiety sensitivity could significantly and positively predict their emotional eating;the friendship quality could moderate the relationship between their anxiety sensitivity and emotional eating.Specifically,for those with a low-level friendship quality,the anxiety sensitivity could significantly and positively predict their emotional eating;for those with a high-level friendship quality,the anxiety sensitivity could not predict their emotional eating.Conclusion The friendship quality can help relieve the adverse effects of anxiety sensitivity on emotional eating in adolescents.