The influence of individual psychological characteristics on the eating behavior of the population in a gender, age and social context

Studying the dependence of eating disorders with several factors at the same time will reveal the target population groups that have the highest risk of developing these disorders, work with which will allow more efficient use of various methods of its correction. Purpose: to identify risk groups for the development of eating disorders depending on the individual psychological characteristics of the population, taking into account age and sex and social characteristics. Material and methods. 688 people aged 18 to 70 years were surveyed, individually-psychological characteristics, eating disorders were diagnosed. The relationship of eating disorders with age and gender, social and individual psychological characteristics was carried out by one-dimensional and multidimensional analysis. Results. It was showed that among the respondents 33% of sanguine people, 49% had a high level of personal anxiety, 49% had moderate stress tolerance, a tendency to develop emotional (1.9 ± 0.9) and restrictive (2.5 ± 1.0) types of eating behavior was also noted. Taking into account one-dimensional and multi-dimensional analyzes, the risk groups for developing eating disorders are: restrictive - women older than 28 years old inclusive with choleric temperament; emotiogenic - single respondents with low and high levels of anxiety; external - married men with a low level of stress tolerance and women with increased personal anxiety. Conclusions. The considered individual psychological characteristics of the population are associated with the types of EB disturbances with a combination of several parameters. The results indicate a possible risk of developing eating disorders in the population in the context of their individual psychological characteristics, age, sex and social characteristics, which can be used in targeted counseling and preventive work with the population by developing a specialized program for correcting eating behavior for each risk group.

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BODY IMAGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS

Vestnik Universiteta ◽

10.26425/1816-4277-2019-6-198-204 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 198-204

Author(s):

D. Ivanov ◽

A. Khokhrina

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Research Results ◽

External Eating ◽

The Media ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Experiment Analysis

The features of perception by adolescents of their own appearance as a factor favoring the emergence of eating disorders have been considered. The analysis of literature on psychological characteristics of people’s attitudes to themselves and their bodies has been made. It has been noted, that people’s attitudes to themselves and their bodies can cause eating disorders. The role of the media, which can provoke growing number of eating disorders, has been considered. The experiment, analysis of the research results of features of eating behavior among adolescents, dissatisfied with their own appearance, has been described. It has been shown, that adolescents, unsatisfied with their own appearance, often resort to restrictive and external eating behavior

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Interconnection of self-attitude and eating behavior of women 30-35 years old in the positive period

Materials of the X All-Russian Scientific Conference ◽

10.15862/53mnnpk20-31 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Polina Udachina ◽

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Maternity Leave ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The study is devoted to the problem of dependence of eating disorders in women on their psychological characteristics and indicators of self-attitude in particular. Empirical research has revealed the specificity of eating disorders and self-attitude indicators of women 30-35 years old, with children and are on maternity leave. The relationship of specific eating disorders with the components of self-attitude was also revealed.

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Eating Disorders and the Risk of their Development in Students according to the Level of Personal Anxiety

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University ◽

10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-1-121-129 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 121-129

Author(s):

L. A. Proskuryakova

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Study Groups ◽

Female Students ◽

Affect Body Weight ◽

Personal Anxiety ◽

High Level ◽

Different Levels

The research examined eating disorders and the risk of their development in students according to the level of personal anxiety from a gender perspective. An analysis showed a connection between the level of personal anxiety and compulsive and external types of eating behavior in female students. The sample group consisted of 70 people, of whom 52,9 % had a high level of personal anxiety (the proportion of girls was 83,8 %). 95,7 % of students had either compulsive (64,2 %) or external (21,4 %) eating disorder. At this age, an eating disorder does not affect body weight. However, if the level of personal anxiety increases, it escalates the risk of developing at least three types of eating disorders by 11,5 times. With an increase in the level of personal anxiety, the risk of developing external overeating increases by 12,5 times and the risk of developing a compulsive type of eating behavior increases by 1,5 times. The research revealed some gender features of eating disorders development: girls with a high level of personal anxiety proved to have a 5,68 times higher risk of developing various eating disorders. However, a study in the ability to cope with stress in students with different levels of personal anxiety with regard to gender did not show any statistically significant differences in the study groups. The research demonstrated that there is a need in psycho-preventive measures that would shape rational nutrition stereotypes in students.

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Simply too much: the extent to which weight bias internalization results in a higher risk of eating disorders and psychosocial problems

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity ◽

10.1007/s40519-021-01170-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michaela Silvia Gmeiner ◽

Petra Warschburger

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Weight Status ◽

Relative Weight ◽

Psychosocial Problems ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Weight Bias ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Weight Bias Internalization

Abstract Purpose Weight bias internalization (WBI) is associated with negative health consequences such as eating disorders and psychosocial problems in children. To date, it is unknown to what extent WBI considerably raises the risk of negative outcomes. Methods Analyses are based on cross-sectional data of 1,061 children (9–13 years, M = 11, SD = 0.9; 52.1% female) who filled in the WBI scale (WBIS-C). First, ROC analyses were run to identify critical cut-off values of WBI (WBIS-C score) that identify those who are at higher risk for psychosocial problems or eating disorder symptoms (as reported by parents). Second, it was examined whether WBI is more sensitive than the relative weight status in that respect. Third, to confirm that the cut-off value is also accompanied by higher psychological strain, high- and low-risk groups were compared in terms of their self-reported depressive symptoms, anxious symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and self-esteem. Results WBIS-C scores ≥ 1.55 were associated with a higher risk of disturbed eating behavior; for psychosocial problems, no cut-off score reached adequate sensitivity and specificity. Compared to relative weight status, WBI was better suited to detect disturbed eating behavior. Children with a WBIS-C score ≥ 1.55 also reported higher scores for both depressive and anxious symptoms, higher body dissatisfaction, and lower self-esteem. Conclusion The WBIS-C is suitable for identifying risk groups, and even low levels of WBI are accompanied by adverse mental health. Therefore, WBI is, beyond weight status, an important risk factor that should be considered in prevention and intervention. Level of evidence Level III, cross-sectional analyses based on data taken from a well-designed, prospective cohort study.

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Binge Eating Behavior in Patients with Eating Disorders

Obesity Research ◽

10.1002/j.1550-8528.1994.tb00075.x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 355-363 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Janet L. Guss ◽

Harry R. Kissilejf ◽

B. Timothy Walsh ◽

Michael J. Devlin

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Eating Behavior

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Eating and body image: Does food insecurity make us feel thinner?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x1600131x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Klaudia B. Ambroziak ◽

Elena Azañón ◽

Matthew R. Longo

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Healthy Individuals ◽

Insurance Hypothesis ◽

Central Aspect ◽

Food Scarcity ◽

Clinical Conditions ◽

The Relationship

AbstractBody image distortions are common in healthy individuals and a central aspect of serious clinical conditions, such as eating disorders. This commentary explores the potential implications of body image and its distortions for the insurance hypothesis. In particular, we speculate that body image may be an intervening variable mediating the relationship between perceived food scarcity and eating behavior.

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Medical and social characteristics of families and psychological characteristics of mothers of children born with a body weight of less than 1500 g

Rossiyskiy Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii (Russian Bulletin of Perinatology and Pediatrics) ◽

10.21508/1027-4065-2019-64-6-45-52 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (6) ◽

pp. 45-52

Author(s):

E. A. Matveeva ◽

A. I. Malyshkina ◽

O. M. Filkina ◽

O. Yu. Kocherova ◽

N. V. Dolotova

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

High Frequency ◽

First Trimester ◽

Premature Baby ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Social Characteristics ◽

Stressful Situation ◽

Intellectual Activity ◽

Mothers And Fathers ◽

The Impact

In order to study the medical and social characteristics of families, an analysis of the biological and social history of mothers and fathers of children born with a body weight less than 1500 was carried out. To identify the psychological characteristics, mothers were tested.It has been established that the social characteristics of the families of children born with a body weight of less than 1500 g was favorable – most families were two-parent, had satisfactory living conditions, mothers and fathers of these children were working and had education not lower than secondary special. The majority of fathers (80%) considered themselves healthy, the state of health of mothers was characterized by a high frequency of somatic pathology, only 27% of women were healthy. The majority of fathers and mothers noted the impact of occupational hazards, while the mothers’ adverse factors were mainly associated with intellectual activity, and the fathers – with physical labor. Half of mothers and 70% of fathers belonged to the age group of 30 years and older. Despite the favorable characteristics of reproductive behavior at the stage of pregravid preparation and in the first trimester of pregnancy, mothers who gave birth to children weighing less than 1500 g were characterized by an unfavorable obstetric gynecological history and a high incidence of gynecological pathology. Psychological features of mothers consisted in a high frequency of accentuation of hyperthymic character traits, a desire to emphasize determination and masculinity, anxiety, impulsivity, which may indicate a compensatory reaction to a stressful situation – the birth of a premature baby. This is also indicated by the high frequency of psychosomatic (45.9%) and authoritarian (29.5%) types of attitude to the problems of the child. In this regard, only 62.2% of mothers established optimal emotional contact with the child by the end of the neonatal period. The revealed psychological characteristics of mothers require early psychological and psychotherapeutic correction to successfully overcome the stress of giving birth to a premature baby and consolidate all the efforts of a woman for habilitation.

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Theoretical and methodological principles of psychosynthesis application in dealing with eating disorders

HUMANITARIUM ◽

10.31470/2308-5126-2020-44-1-103-115 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 103-115

Author(s):

Yegor Kucherenko ◽

Liubov Piven

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Care Program ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Psychological Problem ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Traumatic Experience ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Treatment Practice

The article analyzes the basic principles, stages and objectives of psychosynthesis in the provision of medical and psychological care to patients with eating disorders (ED). It is noted that a patients' compliance with dietary recommendations is often impossible due to the low level of their self-awareness, reflection, volitional self-regulation and trauma of the individual, which is experienced as an unconscious psychological problem that requires urgent solution. Nutritionists are invited to provide professional assistance based on psychosynthesis in cooperation with a psychologist in order to optimize a holistic approach to the treatment of ED through the psychological support of the patient (client) directly during medical counseling. The basic methodology of psychosynthesis is presented through a theoretical analysis of the principles of polypsychism and self-determination, which are explained through the R. Assagioli`s idea of the psyche, the concept of unifying centers and the theory of subpersonalities. It has been suggested that food and eating behavior replace the subject's self-consciousness (“I”) and become unifying centers around which the whole personality is neurotized. It leads to the displacement of not only traumatic experience that caused the disorder itself, but also the unmet personal need satisfaction of which is often ignored in modern treatment practice. The authors developed the stages and tasks of psychosynthesis as its special methodology for working with ED and began to test it in the form of an individual care program in medical and psychological practice. Particular attention in highlighting the preliminary results of the implementation of their developments is paid to the development of patients' ability to perform a voluntary act, which permeates all stages of treatment by psychosynthesis and is aimed not only at the change of eating behavior but also at self-actualization of a personality. The article briefly presents a partial methodology of psychosynthesis, which includes techniques of disidentification, image transformation and construction of an ideal model.

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