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Jovens com comportamentos de risco para o desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares : variáveis culturais e psicológicas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Oliveira, Letíca Langlois |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The present thesis aimed to investigate risk behaviors for the development of eating disorders in adolescents with an emphasis on psychological and cultural aspects. Two studies were conducted with 593 participants who were students in high schools and in universities in Porto Alegre and in other cities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Study I had as an objective to relate these risk behaviors with regional, socio-economic and racial variables. The data were analysed with Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis tests. The results showed that 17% of the participants (15% male, 19% female) presented positivity (high scores) in the Eating Atitudes Test (EAT-26) which means that they presented risk behaviors for the development of eating disorders. The results also showed that there were less risk behaviors in the state capital as compared with other cities in the state. Also, white participants presented less risk behaviors than other participants. No significant differences were found for social class. Study II assessed satisfaction with body image, self esteem, subjective well being, and alexithimia in adolescents who presented risk behaviors for anorexia and bulimia. Spearman's ρ (rho) test was used to obtain correlations between the EAT-26 scores and the other variables of the study. Linear multiple regressions and nonlinear regressions were calculated to determine how much of Eat-26 variance was explained by the other variables. The results showed that participants with risk behaviors for eating disorders also presented insatisfaction with their body image. Females also presented low self esteem, low satisfaction with life, high scores for negative affects and for alexithimia. Also, it was observed that risk behaviors were higher among participants with less years of study. Low satisfaction with body image and dieting were the factors that explained more the positivity in the EAT-26. This finding presents a problem as research has been showing generalized body insatisfaction. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
