Variables associated with the risk of eating disorders in adolescence
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| contents | Variables associated with the risk of eating disorders in adolescence Alfredo Goñi Arantzazu Rodríguez Medicina concept adolescence Mental health physical self eating disorders It is very important to specify the generic affirmation that eatingdisorders mainly affect the female population, especially duringadolescence.This study examined three variables associated with the risk ofeating behaviour disorders (EBDs): age (early and late adolescence),physical self-concept and engagement in physical activity, as well asthe interaction between these factors. This study, to be precise, aimedto clarify the following questions regarding the risk to the non-clinicaladolescent population of suffering eating disorders: 1. Whether therisk is higher in the 15-18 age range than in the 12-14 one; 2. therelationship between risk and physical self-concept; 3. the relationshipbetween risk and physical activity; and 4. whether the risk is alwayshigher in women than in men, regardless of the three aforementionedvariables (age, self-concept and sporting activity).There were 740 adolescent participants, 366 men (49.46%) and374 women (50.54%), aged between 12 and 18 years ( =14.33;SD=1.41).Three measurements were applied: the Eating Disorders Inventory(EDI), by Garner and Olmsted, the Cuestionario de Autoconcepto Físico(CAF) by Goñi, Ruiz de Azúa and Rodríguez (2006), and aquestionnaire on physical activity.Results confirm that, as indicated by significantly higher scoresin the EDI, the risk of suffering from eating disorders is higheramong women than men, in the 15-18 age range than in the 12-14one, in those with a low physical self-concept and in those whoengage only sporadically rather than regularly in some kind ofphysical activity.Therefore, age, self-concept and physical activity thereforebecome modulating variables of the risk of suffering from eatingdisorders. Improvement in self-concept and the acquisition ofactive life habits, factors which modulate the usual genderdifferences in eating disorders, are the objects of educationalintervention; this intervention is particularly important foradolescent females aged between 15 and 18 years.Consequently, physical self-concept should be included not onlyin the designs of research projects focusing on the self-perceptionof the physical-self, but also in the designs of guidanceprogrammes; special attention should be given to those who havedeveloped a low self-perception of both their physical conditionand physical attractiveness.Furthermore, moderate physical activity is clearly better than asedentary lifestyle; engaging in regular physical activity is highlyrecommendable, in general, as a way of preventing eating disorders.Finally, the group most in need of educational support in thisfield is the population of female adolescents aged between 15 and18 years. Two criteria are important: a) the promotion of regularphysical activity may be one resource, although not the only one,since by itself is not effective enough to eradicate the risk of eatingdisorders; b) special attention should be given to tho 2007 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58230403 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.4 Vol.30 |
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| spellingShingle | Variables associated with the risk of eating disorders in adolescence Alfredo Goñi Medicina concept adolescence Mental health physical self eating disorders Variables associated with the risk of eating disorders in adolescence Alfredo Goñi Arantzazu Rodríguez Medicina concept adolescence Mental health physical self eating disorders It is very important to specify the generic affirmation that eatingdisorders mainly affect the female population, especially duringadolescence.This study examined three variables associated with the risk ofeating behaviour disorders (EBDs): age (early and late adolescence),physical self-concept and engagement in physical activity, as well asthe interaction between these factors. This study, to be precise, aimedto clarify the following questions regarding the risk to the non-clinicaladolescent population of suffering eating disorders: 1. Whether therisk is higher in the 15-18 age range than in the 12-14 one; 2. therelationship between risk and physical self-concept; 3. the relationshipbetween risk and physical activity; and 4. whether the risk is alwayshigher in women than in men, regardless of the three aforementionedvariables (age, self-concept and sporting activity).There were 740 adolescent participants, 366 men (49.46%) and374 women (50.54%), aged between 12 and 18 years ( =14.33;SD=1.41).Three measurements were applied: the Eating Disorders Inventory(EDI), by Garner and Olmsted, the Cuestionario de Autoconcepto Físico(CAF) by Goñi, Ruiz de Azúa and Rodríguez (2006), and aquestionnaire on physical activity.Results confirm that, as indicated by significantly higher scoresin the EDI, the risk of suffering from eating disorders is higheramong women than men, in the 15-18 age range than in the 12-14one, in those with a low physical self-concept and in those whoengage only sporadically rather than regularly in some kind ofphysical activity.Therefore, age, self-concept and physical activity thereforebecome modulating variables of the risk of suffering from eatingdisorders. Improvement in self-concept and the acquisition ofactive life habits, factors which modulate the usual genderdifferences in eating disorders, are the objects of educationalintervention; this intervention is particularly important foradolescent females aged between 15 and 18 years.Consequently, physical self-concept should be included not onlyin the designs of research projects focusing on the self-perceptionof the physical-self, but also in the designs of guidanceprogrammes; special attention should be given to those who havedeveloped a low self-perception of both their physical conditionand physical attractiveness.Furthermore, moderate physical activity is clearly better than asedentary lifestyle; engaging in regular physical activity is highlyrecommendable, in general, as a way of preventing eating disorders.Finally, the group most in need of educational support in thisfield is the population of female adolescents aged between 15 and18 years. Two criteria are important: a) the promotion of regularphysical activity may be one resource, although not the only one,since by itself is not effective enough to eradicate the risk of eatingdisorders; b) special attention should be given to tho 2007 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58230403 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.4 Vol.30 |
| title | Variables associated with the risk of eating disorders in adolescence |
| topic | Medicina concept adolescence Mental health physical self eating disorders |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58230403 |