Mento Carmela, Rizzo Amelia, Bruno Antonio, Silvestri Maria Catena, Cedro Clemente, Komaei Iman, Navarra Giuseppe, Muscatello Maria Rosaria Anna
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino", 98125 Messina, Italy.
Psychiatric Unit, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino", 98125 Messina, Italy.
Brain Sci. 2022 Dec 3;12(12):1663. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12121663.
Relatively little research has examined sex differences among people affected by obesity. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between negative emotions and eating behaviors, taking into account the role of biological sex. The final sample consists of 200 candidates for bariatric surgery, 62 males (31%) and 138 females (69%), aged from 18 to 60 years (M = 40.71; SD = 11.30). Participants were screened with the Binge Scale Questionnaire (BSQ) and individually evaluated with the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Correlations were calculated by splitting the sample by sex. Analyses of the relationship between negative emotions and eating behavior showed a large number of correlations in the sample of women and few correlations in men. The differences between women and men with obesity suggest the need for a different theoretical construct that explains the differentiated mechanisms of functioning and lays the foundations for specific therapeutic paths.
相对较少的研究探讨了肥胖人群中的性别差异。本研究的目的是评估负面情绪与饮食行为之间的关系,同时考虑生物性别的作用。最终样本包括200名减肥手术候选人,其中62名男性(31%)和138名女性(69%),年龄在18至60岁之间(M = 40.71;SD = 11.30)。参与者通过暴食量表问卷(BSQ)进行筛查,并分别用饮食失调量表(EDI)和情绪状态剖面图(POMS)进行评估。通过按性别对样本进行划分来计算相关性。对负面情绪与饮食行为之间关系的分析表明,女性样本中存在大量相关性,而男性样本中相关性较少。肥胖女性和男性之间的差异表明需要一种不同的理论结构来解释功能的差异机制,并为特定的治疗途径奠定基础。