抄録
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between attitudes regarding sweets, stress coping, drive for thinness, and inclination to abnormal eating behavior. A total of 302 university students (123 males and 179 females) completed the Scale of Attitude Toward Sweets, stress coping (TAC-24), Drive for Thinness (DFT), and Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). For females, path analysis showed that drive for thinness influenced the inclination towards abnormal eating behavior directly, as well as through the attitude towards sweets. Moreover, female's stress coping influenced the inclination towards abnormal eating behavior through the attitude toward sweets. Results also showed significant gender differences in the relationships among these variables. These results suggest that inconsistent attitudes toward sweets result in an inclination for abnormal eating behavior.
