Binge eating in adolescents: its relation to behavioural problems and family-meal patterns.
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.
Sierra-Baigrie
Susana
S
Faculty of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Spain. susisierrab@telecable.es
Lemos-Giráldez
Serafín
S
Fonseca-Pedrero
Eduardo
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D002032:Bulimia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult