Duarte Cristiana, Ferreira Cláudia, Trindade Inês A, Pinto-Gouveia José
Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention (CINEICC), Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, Apartado 6153, 3001-802, Coimbra, Portugal.
Eat Weight Disord. 2016 Mar;21(1):41-8. doi: 10.1007/s40519-015-0212-1. Epub 2015 Aug 22.
Adolescence has been considered a critical time for the development of body image-related difficulties and disordered eating behaviours, especially in females. Although adherence to eating rules has been linked to disordered eating, literature has not yet explored how the inflexible subscription to those rules impacts on eating psychopathology. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to explore whether inflexible eating impacts on the relationships between weight and body image-related variables, and disordered eating.
Participated in this study are 497 female adolescents from the community, aged between 14 and 18 years old, who completed self-report measures.
Results revealed that the majority of the participants were dissatisfied with their weight and body shape. Moreover, 6.64 % of the participants demonstrated severe eating psychopathology. A path analysis revealed that BMI, body dissatisfaction and social comparisons based on physical appearance impact on disordered eating behaviours, through the mechanism of inflexible adherence to eating rules. This model explained 52 % of eating psychopathology's variance.
Findings highlight the relevance of body image-related difficulties in adolescence and additionally they emphasise the importance of promoting more flexible attitudes towards eating in prevention and intervention programmes with female adolescents.
青春期被认为是出现身体意象相关问题和饮食失调行为的关键时期，尤其是在女性中。尽管遵守饮食规则与饮食失调有关，但文献尚未探讨对这些规则的刻板遵循如何影响饮食心理病理学。因此，本研究的目的是探讨刻板饮食是否会影响体重与身体意象相关变量以及饮食失调之间的关系。
参与本研究的是497名来自社区的14至18岁女性青少年，她们完成了自我报告测量。
结果显示，大多数参与者对自己的体重和体型不满意。此外，6.64%的参与者表现出严重的饮食心理病理学问题。路径分析表明，体重指数、身体不满意以及基于外貌的社会比较通过对饮食规则的刻板遵循机制影响饮食失调行为。该模型解释了饮食心理病理学52%的变异。
研究结果突出了青春期身体意象相关问题的相关性，此外还强调了在针对女性青少年的预防和干预项目中促进对饮食采取更灵活态度的重要性。
