Alexithymia and its relationships with body checking and body image in a non-clinical female sample
| Autor: | Domenico De Berardis, Barbara Scorrano, Enrico Mancini, R.M. Salerno, Danilo Di Matteo, Paola Giannetti, Carla Cotellessa, Raffaella La Rovere, Nicola Serroni, Daniela Campanella, Laura Penna, Alessandro Carano, Alessandra Cicconetti, Francesco Gambi, Anna Ceci, Filippo Maria Ferro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Personality Inventory Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Statistics as Topic Body Mass Index Feeding and Eating Disorders Toronto Alexithymia Scale Alexithymia Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Body Image medicine Humans Attention Affective Symptoms Risk factor Students Psychiatry media_common medicine.diagnostic_test Depression Beck Depression Inventory medicine.disease Self Concept Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Eating disorders Phobic Disorders Feeling Anxiety Eating Attitudes Test Female medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Eating Behaviors. 8:296-304 |
| ISSN: | 1471-0153 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2006.11.005 |
| Popis: | The aim of the present study was to evaluate in a non-clinical sample of undergraduate women, the relationships between alexithymia, body checking and body image, identifying predictive factors associated with the possible risk of developing an Eating Disorder (ED). The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were completed by 254 undergraduate females. We found that alexithymics had more consistent body checking behaviors and higher body dissatisfaction than nonalexithymics. In addition, alexithymics also reported a higher potential risk for ED (higher scores on EAT-26) when compared to nonalexithymics. Difficulty in identifying and describing feelings subscales of TAS-20, Overall appearance and Specific Body Parts subscales of BCQ as well as lower self-esteem was associated with higher ED risk in a linear regression analysis. Thus, a combination of alexithymia, low self-esteem, body checking behaviors and body dissatisfaction may be a risk factor for symptoms of ED at least in a non-clinical sample of university women. |
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