Miotto P, De Coppi M, Frezza M, Rossi M, Preti A
Department of Drugs and Alcohol Dependence, ULSS 7, Conegliano, TV, Italy.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2002 May;105(5):372-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1o186.x.
To explore the links between social desirability and eating disorders in a sample of adolescents in a north-east area of Italy.
A mixed male-female sample of 1000 school-aged adolescents, corresponding to 10% of the young population aged 15-19 years living in the district, were investigated with self-reported questionnaires, including the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), the Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburgh (BITE), the Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAT), and an Italian version of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS).
Females scored higher than males at all eating disorder inventories. In both genders there was a negative relationship (in all cases P < 0.01) between scores at the eating disorder inventories and those at the MC-SDS. When analysing eating disorder "caseness", as measured by cut-off, "cases" reported significantly lower scores than "non-cases" at the MC-SDS in both genders.
Personality traits measured by the MC-SDS, such as defensiveness, self-esteem, and dependence from approval, might contribute to the development of abnormal eating patterns at risk of eating disorders.
在意大利东北部地区的青少年样本中探索社会期望与饮食失调之间的联系。
采用自我报告问卷对1000名学龄青少年（男女混合样本）进行调查，这些青少年占该地区15 - 19岁青年人口的10%。问卷包括饮食态度测试（EAT）、爱丁堡贪食症调查测试（BITE）、身体态度问卷（BAT）以及意大利版的马洛-克劳恩社会期望量表（MC-SDS）。
在所有饮食失调量表中，女性得分均高于男性。在男女两性中，饮食失调量表得分与MC-SDS得分之间均呈负相关（所有情况P < 0.01）。在分析饮食失调“病例”（通过临界值衡量）时，两性中“病例”在MC-SDS上的得分均显著低于“非病例”。
MC-SDS所测量的人格特质，如防御性、自尊和对认可的依赖，可能会促使异常饮食模式的形成，从而有患饮食失调症的风险。
