Bulimia and Impulsive Behaviour in Middle Adolescence
| Autor: | Päivi Rantanen, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Matti Rimpelä, Aila Rissanen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Weakness Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Impulse control disorder Sexual Behavior Population Poison control Impulsivity behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology Risk-Taking Risk Factors mental disorders Injury prevention medicine Humans Bulimia education Applied Psychology education.field_of_study General Medicine medicine.disease Impulse control Disruptive Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Eating disorders Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 72:26-33 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0348 0033-3190 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000067187 |
| Popis: | Background: In clinical samples, bulimia seems to be associated with various dyscontrol behaviours suggesting weakness in impulse control. Population studies of adolescents, however, are needed. We evaluated the association between self-reported bulimic behaviour and a number of dyscontrol behaviours, namely bullying, truancy, excessive drinking and sexual disinhibition among adolescents aged 14–16. This is the first study on bulimia and impulsivity in a large non-selected adolescent population sample. Methods: A self-report questionnaire was administered to a representative population sample of 14- to 16-year-old adolescents (pupils of the 8th and the 9th grades of secondary school in four different regions in Finland). 4,453 girls and 4,334 boys aged 14–16 participated. The participation rate was 85.5%. Results: Bulimic behaviour was associated with bullying, truancy, excessive drinking and sexual disinhibition among both sexes. Odds ratios for bulimic-type eating pathology according to each of these behaviours varied between 1.7 and 4.1. The more dyscontrol behaviours occurred simultaneously, the more likely was bulimic-type eating pathology. Conclusions: There is an association between bulimic behaviour and dyscontrol behaviours in the general population of adolescent girls and boys. |
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