Drunkorexia among first and second-generation immigrant and native adolescents: the role of emotion regulation
Mental well-being is a relevant topic in migration research, because several stressors related to the migration process were found to affect mental health of immigrants and their offspring . Alcohol and substance abuse are health-risk behaviors that frequently affect the well-being of first and second-generation immigrants , and appeared predicted by migration stressors and processes of cultural assimilation. The first aim of the present research will be to examine the association of drunkorexia with various disordered eating behaviors and alcohol consumption in a sample of first and second-generation immigrant and native adolescents in Italy. The second goal was to investigate the motivations underlying drunkorexia and the third goal was to examine the relationship between drunkorexia and different dimensions of emotion regulation.