Prevalence, severity, and clinical correlates of food neophobia in Salvadorian youth
| Autor: | Juan Carlos Novoa, Monica S. Wu, Raquel Marina Zepeda-Burgos, Robert R. Selles, Daniel Guttfreund, Eric A. Storch, Dean McKay, Nicole M. McBride |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Adolescent Population Anxiety Specific phobia Prevalence medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child education education.field_of_study Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder business.industry 05 social sciences Neophobia medicine.disease Anxiety Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Pshychiatric Mental Health medicine.symptom business 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. 85:42-58 |
| ISSN: | 0025-9284 |
| DOI: | 10.1521/bumc.2021.85.1.42 |
| Popis: | Food neophobia (FN) describes problematic fear-based avoidance/restriction of novel foods. Using the novel parent-reported Measure of Food Neophobia (MFN), the authors examined FN symptoms and impairment in 305 Salvadorian children and explored clinical correlates. Factor analysis supported the MFN's designed structure to inquire about FN symptoms and FN impairment. At least one FN symptom was observed in 91% of the sample; however, only 9% were rated as having moderate or greater impairment. Demographic variables were not associated with FN; however, FN was positively correlated with internalizing, externalizing, inattention, health anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Inattention symptoms and health anxiety emerged as significant predictors of FN symptoms, while FN symptoms were the only significant predictor of FN impairment. The present study supports the MFN and provides information about FN in a general population, including the prevalence of clinically significant symptoms and association with psychological domains. Continued investigation of FN is still needed. |
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