[Body aesthetic model, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in adolescents].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the relationship between the ideal aesthetic body shape model, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in adolescent women.


METHODS
A cross-sectional analytic design research was carried out in a sample of 257, 15 to 19 year old female high school students. Data were compiled with the Brief Questionnaire for Risky Eating Behaviors (BQREB), the Visual Scale of Body Satisfaction for adolescents and the Sociocultural Influences on the Aesthetic Body Shape Model Questionnaire (ABSMQ).


RESULTS
8.3 % of participants were high scorers for the BQREB, from the restrictive type mainly. The ABSMQ subscales positively correlated with body dissatisfaction and risky eating behaviors, the strongest being body image dissatisfaction.


CONCLUSIONS
The influence of publicity and social models, were found to be related to body image dissatisfaction and to eating disorder among the adolescents from the sample.
Figueroa-Rodríguez
Ana
A
Universidad de Colima, Colima, México.
García-Rocha
Osiris
O
Revilla-Reyes
Ana
A
Villarreal-Caballero
Leticia
L
Unikel-Santoncini
Claudia
C
D000293:Adolescent; D001504:Beauty; D001828:Body Image; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult