Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Dawida 1, 50-527 Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
Nutrients. 2020 Nov 13;12(11):3490. doi: 10.3390/nu12113490.
Although the amount of research about orthorexia nervosa (ON) has grown in the last two decades, to date, research on ON remains inconsistent. More is known about some behavioral characteristics of ON and its prevalence but nothing is known about the profile analysis behind this pathological eating behavior maintenance. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the profiles of the participants in terms of eating behaviors, eating disorder psychopathology, obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and physical activity as well as check their association with ON. The sample was composed of 229 Polish female and male adults. Our findings showed three clusters and four-related factors (obsessive-compulsive disorder features; inappropriate eating and body-related behaviors; psychological and affective traits of eating disorders; perfectionism and behaviors associated with weight maintenance or weight loss). In our sample, a higher percentage of adults belonging to cluster 1 had no ON, whereas a higher percentage of adults belonging to cluster 3 had ON. Our results emphasize the possibility to target pathological eating behaviors and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in ON in psychological intervention.
尽管过去二十年中有关饮食强迫症(ON)的研究有所增加,但迄今为止,ON 的研究仍然不一致。更多地了解了 ON 的某些行为特征及其流行程度,但对于维持这种病理性进食行为背后的特征分析却一无所知。因此,本研究的目的是确定参与者在饮食行为,饮食障碍病理心理学,强迫症症状和体育活动方面的特征,并检查它们与 ON 的关联。该样本由 229 名波兰男女成年人组成。我们的研究结果显示出三个聚类和四个相关因素(强迫症特征;不适当的饮食和与身体有关的行为;进食障碍的心理和情感特征;完美主义和与体重维持或减轻有关的行为)。在我们的样本中,属于第 1 类的成年人中没有 ON 的比例较高,而属于第 3 类的成年人中 ON 的比例较高。我们的研究结果强调了在心理干预中针对 ON 的病理性进食行为和强迫症(OCD)症状的可能性。