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Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in Spanish university students: relationship with body image and eating disorders

Title:
Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in Spanish university students: relationship with body image and eating disorders
Authors:
Ruiz Maciá, Álvaro  
QUILES, YOLANDA  
Editor:
Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
Department:
Departamentos de la UMH::Ciencias del Comportamiento y salud
Issue Date:
2021-10
URI:
https://hdl.handle.net/11000/32214
Abstract:
Antecedentes. El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar la prevalencia de la Ortorexia Nerviosa (ON), y analizar su relación con la imagen corporal y conductas características de los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria (TCA), en estudiantes universitarios. Método. Estudio transversal en el que par...  Ver más
Background. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of ON and analyze its relationship with self-image and ED behavior in university students. Method. Cross-sectional study with a sample of 534 Spanish university students, 422 women and 112 men with an age mean of 22.04 (SD = 3.41). Questionnaires administered: a sociodemographic and lifestyle questionnaire, the ORTHO-11-Es, the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS), the Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ-45) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Results. 30.5% of the sample were on high risk of developing ON. Higher orthorexic tendencies were observed in women. Those at high risk of ON showed higher BMI, higher proportion of veganism/vegetarianism and significantly higher scores on the MBSRQ-45 (p < .00) and EAT-26 (p < .00). Conclusions. Results showed a high prevalence of ON and its relationship with a worse self-image, concern with physical appearance and ED behaviors.
Keywords/Subjects:
Ortorexia nerviosa
Prevalencia
Imagen corporal
Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria
Estudiantes universitario
Orthorexia nervosa
Prevalence
Body image
Eating disorders
University students.
Type of document:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Access rights:
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.449041
Appears in Collections:
Artículos Ciencias del Comportamiento y Salud



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