Factores de riesgo e indicadores clínicos asociados a los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria

Abstract

The investigation consisted in correlating the Factors of Risk and the Clinical Indicators Associated to the Dysfunctions of the Alimentary Behavior in undergraduate students. The investigation was carried out with a total of 355 students between the 16 and the 20 years. The used instruments were the Questionnaire of Factors of Risk of the Dysfunctions of the Nutritious Behavior elaborated for the present investigation and the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI- 2) of Garner (1998). The investigation gave a highly significant statistical correlation and another significant one as a result, among the factors of risk (psychological, family and cultural partner) with each one of the clinical indicators associated to the dysfunctions of the nutritious behavior (Obsession with thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, ineffectiveness, perfectionism, including).