Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age

The main goal of the study is to explore the relationship between coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in a sample of adolescent girls, according to their age. The sample comprises 1396 girls, aged 13 to 18, who completed the eating Disorders Inventory-3 (EDI-3) and the Adolescent Cop...

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Autores principales: Mas,Natàlia, Fusté,Adela, García-Grau,Eugeni, Bados,Arturo
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-480820150003000012016-01-27Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by ageMas,NatàliaFusté,AdelaGarcía-Grau,EugeniBados,Arturo coping style eating disorder adolescence EDI-3 risk factors The main goal of the study is to explore the relationship between coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in a sample of adolescent girls, according to their age. The sample comprises 1396 girls, aged 13 to 18, who completed the eating Disorders Inventory-3 (EDI-3) and the Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS). The regression analysis shows that the coping strategy most closely linked to the likelihood of developing an Ed in all age groups is Intropunitive Avoidance. The scales of the Intropunitive Avoidance dimension that have the most explanatory power are Tension Reduction and Self-Blame. Girls aged 13 and 17 are identified as the highest risk groups. Physical and social changes are proposed as the hypothetical explanation for the difference between age groups. Emphasis is placed on the need for specific prevention programs for adolescents, particularly those at high risk.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de Psicología ClínicaTerapia psicológica v.33 n.3 20152015-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48082015000300001en10.4067/S0718-48082015000300001
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topic coping style
eating disorder
adolescence
EDI-3
risk factors
spellingShingle coping style
eating disorder
adolescence
EDI-3
risk factors
Mas,Natàlia
Fusté,Adela
García-Grau,Eugeni
Bados,Arturo
Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
description The main goal of the study is to explore the relationship between coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in a sample of adolescent girls, according to their age. The sample comprises 1396 girls, aged 13 to 18, who completed the eating Disorders Inventory-3 (EDI-3) and the Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS). The regression analysis shows that the coping strategy most closely linked to the likelihood of developing an Ed in all age groups is Intropunitive Avoidance. The scales of the Intropunitive Avoidance dimension that have the most explanatory power are Tension Reduction and Self-Blame. Girls aged 13 and 17 are identified as the highest risk groups. Physical and social changes are proposed as the hypothetical explanation for the difference between age groups. Emphasis is placed on the need for specific prevention programs for adolescents, particularly those at high risk.
author Mas,Natàlia
Fusté,Adela
García-Grau,Eugeni
Bados,Arturo
author_facet Mas,Natàlia
Fusté,Adela
García-Grau,Eugeni
Bados,Arturo
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title Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
title_short Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
title_full Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
title_fullStr Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
title_full_unstemmed Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
title_sort coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by age
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica
publishDate 2015
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48082015000300001
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