OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate eating disorder variables and self image in Italian female adolescents asking for a weight control treatment. METHOD: Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (1991) and Offer Self-Image questionnaire (1989) were administered; 100 subjects (75 outpatients and 25 controls) were enrolled over a period of three months and divided into three study groups (normal, overweight and obese), and one control group. RESULTS: The relationship between BMI and problematic personality traits tends to be linear and positive. Obese adolescent females describe themselves in more negative terms than non-obese individuals and show a psychological profile similar to individuals with eating disorders, especially for Drive for Thinness and Interoceptive Awareness. Even in the absence of overt mental pathology, obesity can result associated to a psychological distress and it's a risk factor for mental health.

Eating disorder variables and self image in Italian girls attending a weight control clinic / Bacchini, Dario; Duval, Marzia; Valerio, Paolo; Pasanisi, Fabrizio. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1124-4909. - STAMPA. - 10:2(2005), pp. 125-132.

Eating disorder variables and self image in Italian girls attending a weight control clinic

BACCHINI, Dario;DUVAL, MARZIA;VALERIO, PAOLO;PASANISI, FABRIZIO
2005

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate eating disorder variables and self image in Italian female adolescents asking for a weight control treatment. METHOD: Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (1991) and Offer Self-Image questionnaire (1989) were administered; 100 subjects (75 outpatients and 25 controls) were enrolled over a period of three months and divided into three study groups (normal, overweight and obese), and one control group. RESULTS: The relationship between BMI and problematic personality traits tends to be linear and positive. Obese adolescent females describe themselves in more negative terms than non-obese individuals and show a psychological profile similar to individuals with eating disorders, especially for Drive for Thinness and Interoceptive Awareness. Even in the absence of overt mental pathology, obesity can result associated to a psychological distress and it's a risk factor for mental health.
2005
Eating disorder variables and self image in Italian girls attending a weight control clinic / Bacchini, Dario; Duval, Marzia; Valerio, Paolo; Pasanisi, Fabrizio. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1124-4909. - STAMPA. - 10:2(2005), pp. 125-132.
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