Avaliação dos sintomas emocionais e comportamentais em adolescentes obesos

Abstract

The study investigated emotional and behavioral symptoms in 54 obese adolescents of both sex, aged 11 to 18 years old, attending the Centro de Atendimento e Apoio ao Adolescente (CAAA). Other 194 eutrophic teenagers, paired by gender and age, formed the control group. Two instruments were used in the investigation: Young Self Report (YSR) and a file of social demographic data, especially designed for this study. In relation to the study variables, no statistical differences between obese and eutrophic adolescents were observed although 25% of the obeseadolescents presented problems of social contact and almost 33% showed aggressive behavior.