Eating disorders and aggressiveness among adolescents |
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Authors: | Miotto P De Coppi M Frezza M Petretto D R Masala C Preti A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Drugs and Alcohol Dependence, ULS 7, Conegliano, TV, Italy. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To explore the links between propensity to aggression and eating disorders in a sample of school-aged adolescents in a northeastern area of Italy. METHOD: In a mixed male-female sample of 1000 adolescents (10% of the district's population aged 15-19 years) we administered the Eating Attitudes Test, the Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburgh and the Body Attitudes Test, as measures of abnormal eating attitudes and behaviours, and the Aggression Questionnaire, as a measure of the propensity to aggression. RESULTS: Females scored significantly higher than males at all eating disorders inventories (P < 0.0001). Males scored higher than females at the Aggression Questionnaire. In both genders, there was a positive correlation between scores at any of the eating disorders inventories and those at the Aggression Questionnaire (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Overtly expressed aggression might have a negative impact on the course of eating disorders and on the compliance with treatment, also enhancing the risk of suicide. |
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Keywords: | anorexia nervosa/psychology bulimia/psychology eating disorders/epidemiology aggression adolescence |
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