title: An association between the internalization of body image, depressive symptoms and restrictive eating habits among young males.
abstract: The scope of this study was to analyze the relationship between the internalization of body image and depressive symptoms with restrictive eating habits among young males. Three hundred and eighty-three male adolescents, aged between twelve and seventeen, took part in this survey. The "Overall Internalization" and "Athletic Internalization" sub-scales taken from the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) were used to evaluate the internalization of body images. The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) was used to evaluate depressive symptoms. The "Diet" sub-scale from the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) was used to evaluate restrictive eating habits. The logistic regression findings indicated 2.01 times greater chances of youngsters with a high level of overall internalization adopting restrictive eating habits (Wald = 6.16; p = 0.01) when compared with those with low levels. On the other hand, the regression model found no significant association between "Athletic Internalization" (Wald = 1.16; p = 0.23) and depressive symptoms (Wald = 0.81; p = 0.35) with eating restrictions. The findings made it possible to conclude that only overall internalization was related to eating restrictions among young males.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Educação Física e Ciências do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil, leodesousafortes@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Leonardo de Sousa
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Fernandes Filgueiras
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Meireles
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Santiago Tavares
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Paes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Coelho
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Flávia Marcele
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Elisa Caputo
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D003863:Depression; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires