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Social Psychiatry, Vol. 49 No. 3, 2021.

Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2021.202

Shape and Weight Concern, Dietary Restraint and Cognitive Eating Patterns in Croatian Adolescents

Alessandra Pokrajac-Bulian orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-5781 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia
Simona Calugi ; Villa Garda Hospital, Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Verona, Italy
Petra Anić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8841-5988 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia
Miljana Kukić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-7807 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia
Tamara Mohorić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5274-1850 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia
Nataša Damjanić1 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine eating disorder symptomatology and its relationship with cognitive eating patterns, body
mass index (BMI) and sex in Croatian adolescents. This study included 649 participants, of which 50.4% were boys. All of the
participants were first-grade high school students with ages ranging from 14 to 16.5 years who completed the questionnaires
in the medical centre during their regular health examination. Female adolescents showed more eating disorder symptoms
and more frequent use of cognitive eating patterns than male adolescents. Additionally, adolescents with a higher BMI also
reported more eating disorder symptoms and cognitive restraint. In conclusion, cognitive eating patterns and associated eating
disorder psychopathology are relevant features in Croatian adolescents, mainly among female subjects with a higher BMI.

Keywords

Eating Disorders; Cognitive Eating Patterns; Body Mass Index; Adolescents

Hrčak ID:

272104

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/272104

Publication date:

8.2.2022.

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