Abstract

ELIZATHE, Luciana; MURAWSKI, Brenda; CUSTODIO, Jésica  and  RUTSZTEIN, Guillermina. Risk of eating disorder in school children from Buenos Aires: its relationship with perfectionism. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2012, vol.3, n.2, pp.106-120. ISSN 2007-1523.

The aim of this study is to evaluate risk of eating disorder (ED) and perfectionism in school girls and boys, and to analyze whether there is an association between both variables. The sample was composed by 337 children (51% girls-49% boys) aged between 9 and 13 years. A two-stage study was carried out. In the first stage, the children completed the following instruments: Sociodemographic questionnaire, Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT), Cuestionario de Perfeccionismo Infantil-Child Perfectionism Questionnaire- and Child/adolescent Version of the Silhouette Rating Scale. They were weighed and measured by a nutritionist, according to the rules of the Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría. In the second stage, the children at risk for ED and a control group were interviewed in order to confirm or not such risk. After the first stage, a possible risk for ED was identified in a 30.56% of children. After the second stage, the risk was confirmed in a 9.79% of the children from the total sample, with no gender differences in this variable. It was found a significant positive association between the ChEAT total scores and the total score of Perfectionism measure. Finally, it was concluded that perfectionism is a key variable associated to risk for ED in children.

Keywords : Eating disorders; perfectionism; children; body image; ChEAT.

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