2014
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311x00192913
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Risk behaviors for eating disorders and depressive symptoms: a study of female adolescents in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between depressive symptoms and eating disorders in female adolescents. The sample included 371 girls ranging from 12 to 16 years of age in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study used the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and Major Depression Inventory (MDI) to evaluate eating disorders and depressive symptoms, respectively. The linear regression model showed that 18% of the EAT-26 scores were influenced by MDI (F(1, 370) = 14.18; p = 0.001)… Show more

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“…The structural equation model only showed a direct relationship with depressive symptoms (MDI), corroborating the findings by Fortes et al 10 . This result indicates that adolescents susceptible to depressive disorder are prone to disordered eating behaviors.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…The structural equation model only showed a direct relationship with depressive symptoms (MDI), corroborating the findings by Fortes et al 10 . This result indicates that adolescents susceptible to depressive disorder are prone to disordered eating behaviors.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…In addition to sociocultural pressures, studies have shown that personal characteristics like self-esteem (individual feelings and thoughts about self-worth, competence, and adequacy, leading to a positive or negative attitude about oneself) 8 , perfectionism (demanding standards, criticism towards one's own behavior, feelings of failure, and beliefs in strict assessment by others) 9 , mood (persistent positive and negative feelings that vary in intensity and duration) 8 , and depressive symptoms (sadness, loss of the ability to feel pleasure, and cognitive, motor, and somatic alterations) 10 may also be related to disordered eating behaviors in adolescents 8,9,11 . Adolescents with low self-esteem, negative mood, depressive symptoms, or perfectionist traits can thus show increased susceptibility to disordered eating behaviors, these relations need to be tested in a multivariate analysis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Conducting our study in a separate population in a communal living space may also have influenced the results. Thus, girls with some level of depression showed a greater tendency to adopt EDs as a daily habit [44].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%