Despite frequently co-occurring, the temporal relationship between depression and eating disorder symptoms remains poorly understood. This exploratory study sought to investigate the reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and (1) shape and weight dissatisfaction, (2) shape and weight overvaluation, (3) preoccupation with shape or weight, (4) preoccupation with food, (5) dietary restraint and (6) binge eating in early adolescence. Adolescents (N = 1393) aged between 11.4 and 13.9 years (M = 12.50, SD = 0.38) completed the Centre for Epidemiological Depression Scale-Revised and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Adolescent version at the beginning of secondary school (T1) and 12-months later (T2). Cross-lagged models were created to assess the reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and ED symptoms. Depressive symptoms at T1 predicted shape and weight dissatisfaction, shape and weight overvaluation, preoccupation with shape or weight, preoccupation with food, dietary restraint and binge eating at T2. Shape and weight dissatisfaction and binge eating were the only ED symptoms at T1 to predict depressive symptoms at T2. Findings suggest young adolescents who experience depressive symptoms in their first year of secondary school are at-risk of developing ED symptoms over the subsequent 12-month period.

尽管经常同时发生，但抑郁症和饮食失调症状之间的时间关系仍然知之甚少。这项探索性研究旨在调查抑郁症状与（1）体型和体重不满意，（2）体型和体重高估，（3）对体型或体重的关注，（4）对食物的关注，（5）饮食限制之间的相互关系(6)青春期早期暴饮暴食。青少年 ( N  = 1393) 年龄在 11.4 至 13.9 岁之间 ( M = 12.50, SD= 0.38）在中学开始（T1）和12个月后（T2）完成流行病学抑郁量表修订和饮食失调检查问卷-青少年版。创建了交叉滞后模型来评估抑郁症状和 ED 症状之间的相互关系。T1 时的抑郁症状可预测 T2 时对体型和体重的不满、体型和体重的高估、对体型或体重的关注、对食物的关注、饮食限制和暴饮暴食。体型和体重不满意和暴饮暴食是 T1 时唯一可预测 T2 时抑郁症状的 ED 症状。研究结果表明，在中学第一年出现抑郁症状的青少年在随后的 12 个月内有出现 ED 症状的风险。