Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls

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Autor(a) principal: Teixeira,Maria D.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Pereira,Ana T., Marques,Mariana V., Saraiva,Jorge M., Macedo,António F. de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
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Resumo: Objective: Eating disorders are an increasingly prevalent health problem among adolescent girls. It is well known that biological, psychosocial, and family-related factors interact in the development of this group of disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction between these variables are still poorly understood, especially in Portuguese adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and perfectionism in a sample of Portuguese girls. Method: A community sample of 575 Portuguese girls attending secondary school, answered self-report questionnaires including data on weight, height, and the Portuguese versions of the Contour Figures Rating Scale, the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Children Eating Attitudes Test, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. SPSS version 20.0 for Windows was used for statistical analyses. Results: High scores in the Children Eating Attitudes Test were associated with significantly higher levels of body dissatisfaction (r = 0.339), socially prescribed perfectionism (r = 0.175), self-oriented perfectionism (r = 0.211), and low self-esteem (r = -0.292) (all p < 0.001). Self-oriented perfectionism partially mediated the relation between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors. Conclusion: In this sample, dysfunctional eating behaviors appeared to correlate strongly with body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, and perfectionism in girls. These themes should be addressed among female adolescents in the community.
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spelling Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girlsEating behaviorsbody imageperfectionismself-esteem Objective: Eating disorders are an increasingly prevalent health problem among adolescent girls. It is well known that biological, psychosocial, and family-related factors interact in the development of this group of disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction between these variables are still poorly understood, especially in Portuguese adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and perfectionism in a sample of Portuguese girls. Method: A community sample of 575 Portuguese girls attending secondary school, answered self-report questionnaires including data on weight, height, and the Portuguese versions of the Contour Figures Rating Scale, the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Children Eating Attitudes Test, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. SPSS version 20.0 for Windows was used for statistical analyses. Results: High scores in the Children Eating Attitudes Test were associated with significantly higher levels of body dissatisfaction (r = 0.339), socially prescribed perfectionism (r = 0.175), self-oriented perfectionism (r = 0.211), and low self-esteem (r = -0.292) (all p < 0.001). Self-oriented perfectionism partially mediated the relation between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors. Conclusion: In this sample, dysfunctional eating behaviors appeared to correlate strongly with body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, and perfectionism in girls. These themes should be addressed among female adolescents in the community.Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria2016-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016000200135Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry v.38 n.2 2016reponame:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)instname:Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)instacron:ABP10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1723info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTeixeira,Maria D.Pereira,Ana T.Marques,Mariana V.Saraiva,Jorge M.Macedo,António F. deeng2016-06-09T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-44462016000200135Revistahttp://www.bjp.org.br/ahead_of_print.asphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||rbp@abpbrasil.org.br1809-452X1516-4446opendoar:2016-06-09T00:00Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online) - Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)false
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title Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
spellingShingle Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
Teixeira,Maria D.
Eating behaviors
body image
perfectionism
self-esteem
title_short Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
title_full Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
title_fullStr Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
title_full_unstemmed Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
title_sort Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls
author Teixeira,Maria D.
author_facet Teixeira,Maria D.
Pereira,Ana T.
Marques,Mariana V.
Saraiva,Jorge M.
Macedo,António F. de
author_role author
author2 Pereira,Ana T.
Marques,Mariana V.
Saraiva,Jorge M.
Macedo,António F. de
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Teixeira,Maria D.
Pereira,Ana T.
Marques,Mariana V.
Saraiva,Jorge M.
Macedo,António F. de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Eating behaviors
body image
perfectionism
self-esteem
topic Eating behaviors
body image
perfectionism
self-esteem
description Objective: Eating disorders are an increasingly prevalent health problem among adolescent girls. It is well known that biological, psychosocial, and family-related factors interact in the development of this group of disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction between these variables are still poorly understood, especially in Portuguese adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and perfectionism in a sample of Portuguese girls. Method: A community sample of 575 Portuguese girls attending secondary school, answered self-report questionnaires including data on weight, height, and the Portuguese versions of the Contour Figures Rating Scale, the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Children Eating Attitudes Test, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. SPSS version 20.0 for Windows was used for statistical analyses. Results: High scores in the Children Eating Attitudes Test were associated with significantly higher levels of body dissatisfaction (r = 0.339), socially prescribed perfectionism (r = 0.175), self-oriented perfectionism (r = 0.211), and low self-esteem (r = -0.292) (all p < 0.001). Self-oriented perfectionism partially mediated the relation between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors. Conclusion: In this sample, dysfunctional eating behaviors appeared to correlate strongly with body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, and perfectionism in girls. These themes should be addressed among female adolescents in the community.
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