1. Body checking and eating cognitions in Brazilian outpatients with eating disorders and non psychiatric controls.
- Author
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Kachani AT, Barroso LP, Brasiliano S, Cordás TA, and Hochgraf PB
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Anorexia Nervosa diagnosis, Anorexia Nervosa therapy, Attitude, Body Mass Index, Brazil, Bulimia Nervosa diagnosis, Bulimia Nervosa therapy, Case-Control Studies, Cognition, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Outpatients statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Anorexia Nervosa psychology, Body Image psychology, Bulimia Nervosa psychology, Eating psychology, Outpatients psychology
- Abstract
Objective: Compare inadequate eating behaviors and their relationship to body checking in three groups: patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) and a control group (C)., Methods: Eighty three outpatients with eating disorders (ED) and 40 controls completed eating attitudes and body checking questionnaires., Results: The overall relationship between the eating attitude and body checking was statistically significant in all three groups. The worse the eating attitude, the greater the body checking behavior. However, when we look at each group individually, the relationship was only statistically significant in the AN group (r=.354, p=0.020)., Discussion: The lower the desired weight and the worse the eating attitude, the more people check themselves, although in the presence of an ED the relationship between body checking and food restrictions is greater. In patients displaying the AN subgroup, body checking is also related to continued dietary control., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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