Assessing the eating disorder and coping strategies in active and inactive people during COVID-۱۹ lockdown

Aim: Quarantine is a condition that many societies forced for controlling the COVID pandemic. Quarantine threatens many mental and physical health aspects of human beings. Physical activity play a main role in improving health and quality of life. The current study was assessing the eating disorder and coping strategies in active and inactive people duringCOVID-۱۹lockdown. Method: The present study was done by three online questionnaires was included: physical activity (۱۶ questions), coping styles (۴۸ questions), and eating attitude(۲۶ questions) questionnaires, and these questionnaires completed by anybody who was > ۱۸ years old in Iran in summer of ۲۰۲۰. Questionnaires included demographic information and main questions that were completed by ۷۰۵ persons. Results: results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between physical activity and eating disorder attitude (p= ۰.۰۴), especially in active females(p= ۰.۰۰۰۱). In order to, results identified there was a negative significant relationship between eating disorder attitude and coping strategies in active(p= ۰.۰۲) and inactive (p= ۰.۰۳)males. Conclusion: according to the findings of this study, the eating disorder attitude has increased in active females and they preferred to follow the problem-focused style for coping with crisis conditions. Furthermore, active males had showed more likely for eating disorder.

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Physical activity , eating disorder attitude , coping styles , COVID-۱۹. , فعالیت بدنی , نگرش اختلال خوردن , استراتژی مقابله با استرس , کووید-۱۹.