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- Title
Ansiedad en los trastornos alimentarios: un estudio comparativo.
- Authors
Pinto, Natalia Solano; Vindel, Antonio Cano
- Abstract
Scientific literature shows that anxiety is an important factor in eating disorders. The aim of this case-control study was to compare the anxiety manifestations obtained by means of the Anxiety Situations and Responses Inventory of in a clinical sample of 74 females (46, anorexia nervosa; 28, bulimia) to those obtained by a control group (130 girls without disorders). The between-group ANOVA results showed higher anxiety scores in the clinical group with a medium effect size for the anxiety trait, finding a flat profile (within-group ANOVA) for the three response systems (cognitive, physiological and motor) and the four specific anxiety traits (test, interpersonal, phobic, and daily life situations). Moreover, high scores in anxiety involved a greater risk of being diagnosed with an eating disorder in the 8 bivaríate comparisons. The estimations were more precise for cognitive anxiety and for the specific interpersonal anxiety trait.
- Subjects
ANXIETY; DIAGNOSIS of eating disorders; COGNITIVE ability; ANALYSIS of variance; CASE-control method; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Psicothema, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 3, p384
- ISSN
0214-9915
- Publication type
Article