Body Satisfaction and Eating Attitudes among Girls and Young Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
| Autor: | Eda Karacan, Aslı Yarcı Gursoy, Muserref Banu Yilmaz, Gamze Sinem Caglar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adolescent
Turkey endocrine system diseases Demographics Figure rating scale Personal Satisfaction Adolescent age Body Mass Index Eating Young Adult Social Desirability Surveys and Questionnaires Body Image medicine Humans hirsutism business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Eating attitudes General Medicine Awareness medicine.disease Body satisfaction Polycystic ovary Self Concept Eating disorders Attitude Case-Control Studies Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Social psychology Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 27:72-77 |
| ISSN: | 1083-3188 |
| Popis: | Purpose The main goal of the current study was to examine the associations between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes in a sample of adolescent girls and young women. Body dissatisfaction is 1 of the strongest predictors of the development of negative outcomes such as low self-esteem, and eating disorders. In adolescent age group of patients, both hirsutism and increased body mass index, appearing with PCOS, may be the leading symptoms also resulting or contributing to body dissatisfaction and eating disorder. Materials and Methods The sample of 94 Turkish adolescent girls and young women [PCOS (n = 42) vs non-PCOS (n = 52)] completed measures of figure rating scale, the socio-cultural attitudes toward appearance questionnaire, body esteem scale, eating attitude test, and demographics. Results and Conclusion The results revealed that body esteem was important for predicting eating attitudes in both groups and sociocultural internalization of thinness ideal and body dissatisfaction were also significant factors in PCOS group. However, scores for major study variables (BMI, sociocultural attitudes toward awareness and internalized appearance ideals, body esteem subscales, body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes) in the PCOS group were not significantly higher than those for girls without PCOS. |
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