Binge eating in adolescents: Its relation to behavioural problems and family meal patterns

  1. Sierra-Baigrie, S. 1
  2. Lemos-Giráldez, S. 1
  3. Fonseca-Pedrero, E. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Eating Behaviors

ISSN: 1471-0153

Año de publicación: 2009

Volumen: 10

Número: 1

Páginas: 22-28

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.EATBEH.2008.10.011 PMID: 19171313 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-58949105087 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Eating Behaviors

Resumen

The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between binge eating, behavioural problems and family-meal patterns in a sample of adolescents. Two hundred and fifty-nine adolescents from a public secondary school completed the Bulimic Investigatory test, Edinburgh (BITE) [Henderson, M., & Freeman, C. P. (1987). A self-rating scale for bulimia. The "BITE". British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 18-24.] and the Youth Self-Report (YSR) [Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Manual for the Youth Self-Report and 1991 profile. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont.], as well as 13 additional questions regarding the eating episodes and family-meal patterns. The results show that binge eating is a frequent behaviour in adolescence with 33.2% of the sample reporting binge eating at least once in the last six months. The adolescents who reported binge eating had higher scores on most of the YSR first-order factors compared to those who do not engage in this behaviour. No differences were found in family meal patterns. Questions regarding the binge-eating episodes were also analysed making comparisons by age and gender. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.