title: Normal-weight and overweight female adolescents with and without extreme weight-control behaviours: Emotional distress and body image concerns.
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyse emotional distress and concerns related to body image in 712 normal-weight and overweight adolescent girls. A total of 12.3 per cent of the normal-weight girls and 25 per cent of the overweight girls showed extreme weight-control behaviours. In normal-weight adolescents, their engagement in extreme weight-control behaviours was associated with high levels of somatic symptoms, a drive for thinness and control over eating. In overweight girls, high levels of drive for thinness and anxiety were associated with extreme weight-control behaviours. Finally, the implications for preventive and therapeutic programmes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain mariasoledad.cruz@ehu.es.
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cruz-Sáez
authors.affiliation: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain.
authors.forename: Aitziber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.affiliation: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain.
authors.forename: Karmele
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salaberria
authors.affiliation: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Echeburúa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology*; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: body image concerns; emotional distress; extreme weight-control behaviours; female adolescents