| dc.creator | Behar A,Rosa | |
| dc.creator | Manzo G,Rodrigo | |
| dc.creator | Casanova Z,Dunny | |
| dc.date | 2006-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T15:37:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T15:37:16Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872006000300007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/388242 | |
| dc.description | Background: Low self-assertion has been noted as an important feature among patients with eating disorders. Aim: To verify, in a female population, if assertiveness is related or has a predictive capacity for the development of eating disorders. Subjects and methods: An structured clinical interview, the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) and the Rathus Assertiveness Scale (RAS) were administered to 62 patients that fulfilled the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for eating disorders and to 120 female students without eating problems. Results: Patients with eating disorders ranked significantly higher on the EAT-40 and its factors (p <0.001) and showed a lower level of assertiveness on the RAS (p <0.001). Assertiveness measured by RAS and its factors was inversely related to EAT-40 and its items (r= -0.21). The predictive capability of the lack of self-assertion in the development of an eating disorder reached 53%, when patients with eating disorders and subjects at risk were considered together and compared to students without such disorder. Conclusions: Lack of assertiveness is a significant trait in patients with eating disorders; it may worsen its outcome and even perpetuate symptoms. Low self-assertion may be considered a predictive factor in the development of an eating disorder and must be managed from a preventive or therapeutic point of view | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.134 n.3 2006 | |
| dc.subject | Assertiveness | |
| dc.subject | DSM-IV | |
| dc.subject | Eating disorders | |
| dc.title | Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria y asertividad | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
