title: Body satisfaction and eating attitudes among girls and young women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main goal of the current study was to examine the associations between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes in a sample of adolescent girls and young women. Body dissatisfaction is 1 of the strongest predictors of the development of negative outcomes such as low self-esteem, and eating disorders. In adolescent age group of patients, both hirsutism and increased body mass index, appearing with PCOS, may be the leading symptoms also resulting or contributing to body dissatisfaction and eating disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample of 94 Turkish adolescent girls and young women [PCOS (n = 42) vs non-PCOS (n = 52)] completed measures of figure rating scale, the socio-cultural attitudes toward appearance questionnaire, body esteem scale, eating attitude test, and demographics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results revealed that body esteem was important for predicting eating attitudes in both groups and sociocultural internalization of thinness ideal and body dissatisfaction were also significant factors in PCOS group. However, scores for major study variables (BMI, sociocultural attitudes toward awareness and internalized appearance ideals, body esteem subscales, body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes) in the PCOS group were not significantly higher than those for girls without PCOS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karacan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: gamzesinem@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gamze Sinem
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Caglar
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı Yarcı
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muserref Banu
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Body image satisfaction; Eating attitudes; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Sociocultural attitudes