Caqueo-Urízar Alejandra, Urzúa Alfonso, Flores Jerome, Acevedo Daniel, Lorca Jessica Herrera, Casanova Jenifer
Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Calle Antofagasta n°1520, Arica, 1000000, Chile.
Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
J Eat Disord. 2021 Sep 26;9(1):118. doi: 10.1186/s40337-021-00474-w.
Eating disorders (ED) are associated with internalized problems (INTP), such as depression and anxiety. Evidence shows that ED and INTP are associated with comorbidities. The relationship between these variables has not been the focus of studies on young people from Northern Chile. Children and adolescents are considered as an at-risk group, since they have been found to experience greater vulnerability to psychological problems than other age groups within the population and given the scarcity of studies in Chile, it is necessary to study the relationship between these variables.
This study analyzed the relationship between ED and INTP in Chilean high school students aged 12 to 18 years using Pearson's correlation. This is a non-experimental and transactional correlational study. We included 2277 students belonging to the public, government-subsidized, and private educational establishments in Northern Chile. The Child and Adolescent Evaluation System [Sistema de Evaluación de Niños y Adolescentes (SENA)] was used to detect a range of INTP, as well as ED. The Brief Self-Control Scale was used in this study.
A strong and direct correlation of the eating disorder variable with depression and anxiety was found. Additionally, significant differences were observed with sex, highlighting females with a higher presence of INTP and ED.
There is a need to establish strategies in the school setting for detecting frequent symptomatology in adolescents with INTP and ED to achieve a timely and accessible intervention. Since the symptomatology of ED is more prevalent in adolescents, this research evaluated relationships between ED and INTP in young people from Northern Chile. This research is relevant because the evidence on this topic in Chile is scarce and the relationships found could be the first research on the subject and serve to design an intervention plan at the school level in the medium and long terms. It is a non-experimental and transactional correlational study because all variables were measured at a single moment, and it sought to establish relationships between variables without assuming causality. The sample of secondary school students consisted of 2277 students, belonging to the public, subsidized, and private schools. Strong relationships were observed between INTP and ED, the strongest correlations being with the variables depression and anxiety. In addition, female participants presented greater problems in ED and INTP.
饮食失调（ED）与内化问题（INTP）相关，如抑郁和焦虑。证据表明，饮食失调和内化问题与共病有关。这些变量之间的关系尚未成为智利北部年轻人研究的重点。儿童和青少年被视为高危群体，因为他们比人群中的其他年龄组更容易出现心理问题，而且鉴于智利的研究较少，有必要研究这些变量之间的关系。
本研究使用Pearson相关性分析了智利12至18岁高中生中饮食失调与内化问题之间的关系。这是一项非实验性的交互相关性研究。我们纳入了智利北部公立、政府补贴和私立教育机构的2277名学生。使用儿童和青少年评估系统[Sistema de Evaluación de Niños y Adolescentes (SENA)]来检测一系列内化问题以及饮食失调。本研究使用了简短自我控制量表。
发现饮食失调变量与抑郁和焦虑之间存在强烈的直接相关性。此外，在性别方面观察到显著差异，突出显示女性中内化问题和饮食失调的发生率更高。
有必要在学校环境中制定策略，以检测患有内化问题和饮食失调的青少年的常见症状，从而实现及时且可及的干预。由于饮食失调症状在青少年中更为普遍，本研究评估了智利北部年轻人中饮食失调与内化问题之间的关系。这项研究具有相关性，因为智利关于这一主题的证据很少，所发现的关系可能是该主题的首次研究，并有助于从中长期角度设计学校层面的干预计划。这是一项非实验性的交互相关性研究，因为所有变量都是在同一时刻测量的，并且旨在建立变量之间的关系而不假设因果关系。中学生样本由2277名学生组成，来自公立、补贴和私立学校。在内化问题和饮食失调之间观察到了强烈的关系，最强的相关性是与抑郁和焦虑变量。此外，女性参与者在饮食失调和内化问题方面存在更多问题。
