@article{ref1,
title="Gender differences regarding psychopathological, family and social characteristics in adolescents with abnormal eating behavior",
journal="Eating behaviors",
year="2005",
author="Beato-Fernández, Luis and Rodríguez-Cano, Teresa",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="337-344",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: (1) To identify gender differences regarding psychopathological, family and social characteristics in adolescents with abnormal eating behavior; (2) to study risk factors for this abnormal eating in boys and girls. METHOD: Adolescents participating in this community-based longitudinal study completed, at the age of 13 (t(1)) and 15 years (t(2)), a semi-structured interview and the validated Spanish versions of several self-reported questionnaires measuring eating and general psychopathology. A control group of 150 pupils and 159 adolescents with abnormal eating behavior were selected. RESULTS: Girls with abnormal eating showed significantly more psychiatric morbidity and boys more social difficulties. Body dissatisfaction and psychiatric morbidity predicted abnormal eating at t(2) only in girls. DISCUSSION: The findings contribute to the debate on gender differences in abnormal eating behavior etiology.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-0153",
doi="10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.02.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.02.002"
}