Relação entre o estado de humor e os comportamentos alimentares de risco para os transtornos alimentares em adolescentes

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the relationship between mood and risk eating behaviors to eating disorders (ED) in female adolescents. Methods: Three hundred and ninety-seven adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years participated. We used the subscales of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) to assess the risk eating behaviors to ED. We used the Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) to assess negative mood (anxiety, strain, depression, mental confusion, anger and fatigue). Led to Binary Logistic Regression and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance to analyze the data. Results: We revealed a statistically significant association between negative mood and risk eating behaviors to ED (X2 = 25.71; Wald = 31.92; p = 0.001). We identified differences in Diet subscale scores of adolescents with high and low negative mood [F (1, 396) = 13.40; p = 0.04], which was not found for the Bulimia and Food Preoccupation subscale [F (1, 396) = 1.69; p = 0.09] and Selfcontrol Oral [F (1, 396) = 0.95; p = 0.17]. Conclusion: The risk eating behaviors to ED were related to negative mood.