title: Psychological correlates of eating disorder symptoms and body image in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine eating disorder symptoms and body image in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and to investigate the associations among social support, self-esteem, health locus of control, eating disorder symptoms and body image.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six adolescents with type 1 diabetes and 27 healthy comparison adolescents completed questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were identified in eating disorder symptoms and body image between adolescents with type 1 diabetes and healthy comparison adolescents. Regression analyses were completed with the full sample of adolescents with type 1 diabetes and healthy comparison adolescents. Higher levels of social support and being male were associated with a more positive body image, less body dissatisfaction and a lower drive for thinness. A belief by the adolescents that parents or healthcare providers (i.e. external powerful others locus of control) were in control of their health was associated with a more positive body image and less body dissatisfaction. Higher self-esteem was associated with a greater drive for thinness and a higher level of body dissatisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Social support, health locus of control and self-esteem appear to be important correlates of eating disorder symptoms and body image in adolescents with diabetes and their typically developing peers.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Diabetes Clinic, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: laura.kaminsky@albertahealthservices.ca.
authors: Laura A
authors: LA
authors: Kaminsky
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Dewey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D001828:Body Image; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: adolescents; body image; diabète de type 1; eating disorders; image corporelle; troubles du comportement alimentaire; type 1 diabetes