DRUNKOREXIA BEHAVIORS-INVESTIGATING THE COMBINATION OF ALCOHOL MISUSE AND MALADAPTIVE EATING
(Comportamentele drunkorexice-investigarea combinatiei dintre abuzul de alcool si alimentatia dezadaptativa)
(Cod-PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-0687)
Acronym: FAD
Funding authority: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Project budget: 1.185.806 lei
Project timespan: 2025-2027
Expected results: The estimated scientific results comprise 6 articles published in high-impact, international, peer-reviewed journals.
Research Team:
- Violeta Enea - Project leader
- Viren Swami - Senior researcher
- Alexandra Zancu - Postdoctoral researcher
- Octav Candel - Postdoctoral researcher
- Alexandra Cobzeanu - Postdoctoral researcher
Project results (January-December 2025):
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Violeta Enea, Christophe Maïano, Alexandra Zancu, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Octav Candel, Simona Popușoi, Ana-Maria Țepordei, Viren Swami (under review). Psychometric Properties of a Romanian Translation of the Compensatory Eating and Behaviors in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale (CEBRACS)
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Violeta Enea, Octav Candel, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Alexandra Zancu, Adrian Labăr, Marije aan het Rot (under review). Physical Appearance Comparison and Dysmorphic Concerns as Mediating Factors in the Relation between Alexithymia and Food and Alcohol Disturbance: A Serial Mediation Model
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Violeta Enea, Octav Candel, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Alexandra Zancu (completed manuscript; to be submitted for peer review). Perceived Sociocultural Pressure and Food and Alcohol Disturbance among Undergraduate Women: A Moderated Mediation Model of Thin-Ideal Body Stereotype Internalization and Alcohol Use Disorder
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Violeta Enea, Candel Octav, Alexandra Zancu, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Marije ann het Rot, Viren Swami (completed manuscript; to be submitted for peer review). Full glasses and empty stomachs: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationships between food and alcohol disturbance, eating disorders and alcohol use disorders.
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Petruța-Iuliana Edu, Christophe Maïano, Violeta Enea, Ana Târnovschi, Viren Swami (under review). Health Anxiety Mediates the Relationship between Death Anxiety and Orthorexia Nervosa, but not Healthy Orthorexia in Romanian Adults
Oral presentations at National and International Conferences
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Octav-Sorin Candel, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Simona Alexandra Zancu, Violeta Enea (2025). Supresia emoțională și drunkorexia. Rolul mediator al simptomelor specifice tulburărilor alimentare. Conferința Națională a Asociației Psihologilor din România, 6-8 iunie 2025, Chișinău
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Alexandra S. Zancu, Octav Sorin Candel, Alexandra Cobzeanu, Violeta Enea (2025). Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity and Drunkorexia. The Mediating Role of Physical Appearance Comparison,11th International Conference on Applied Psychology and Educational Sciences, 16-19 Octombrie, Iași
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Alexandra Cobzeanu, Octav Sorin Candel, Alexandra Zancu, Violeta Enea (2025). The Cost of Body Ideals: Dysmorphic Concerns and Drunkorexia among Young Women, 11th International Conference on Applied Psychology and Educational Sciences, 16-19 Octombrie, Iași
Aim of the research project
The objective of this research project is to better understand drunkorexic behaviors by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, a 3–a three-wave longitudinal design study, and two longitudinal EMA assessments.