Eating problems and personality traits. An Italian pilot study among 992 high school students
| Autor: | Giovanni Abbate-Daga, Andrea Pierò, Carla Gramaglia, Giuseppe Malfi, Secondo Fassino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Persistence (psychology)
Character Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Pilot Projects Anorexia nervosa Personality Disorders Developmental psychology Body Mass Index Feeding and Eating Disorders Catchment Area Health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Personality Humans Big Five personality traits Students Temperament media_common Schools Incidence digestive oral and skin physiology medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Eating disorders Cross-Sectional Studies Reward dependence Attitude Italy Temperament and Character Inventory Female medicine.symptom Psychology Dieting |
| Zdroj: | European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association. 15(6) |
| ISSN: | 1099-0968 |
| Popis: | Objective To evaluate the prevalence of eating problems and to investigate personality traits associated with disturbed eating behaviours among Italian high school students. Method Cross-sectional study involving 992 students from six high schools in Turin, Italy. Students completed the Eating Attitudes Test-40 (EAT-40), the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ); their weight and height were measured. Results 5.5% of the whole sample and 7.4% of girls scored above the EAT-40 cutoff value. A higher Body Mass Index (BMI) correlates with higher EAT scores. Low scores on Self-Directedness and Reward Dependence together with high Persistence emerged in subjects with eating problems. Discussion Dieting and higher BMI are confirmed as correlates of eating problems. Personality traits measured with the TCI emerge for the first time as correlates of eating problems. Longitudinal studies should clear whether these are risk factors or not. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. |
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