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Vol. 15. Núm. 1.
Páginas 4-9 (Enero - Marzo 2011)
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Vol. 15. Núm. 1.
Páginas 4-9 (Enero - Marzo 2011)
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Disgust sensitivity and eating behaviour
Sensibilidad al asco y conducta alimentaria
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Ignacio Jáuregui Loberaa,b,
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ijl@tcasevilla.com
igjl@upo.es

Autor para correspondencia.
, Patricia Bolaños Ríosb
a Área de Nutrición y Bromatología, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España
b Instituto de Ciencias de la Conducta, Sevilla, España
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Abstract
Background

The relation between emotions and food disorders has been studied in depth, although disgust sensitivity has been frequently avoided even though it has been suggested that it could play some role in these disorders.

Objective

To analyse the relation between eating-related variables and other psychopathological variables with disgust sensitivity.

Design

Descriptive, cross comparison of two samples (clinical and control).

Subjects and setting

57 patients with eating disorders and 40 university students were studied. The presence of eating disorders in the latter was a reason for being excluded.

Measurements

Disgust sensitivity scale, visual analogue scales for dyspepsia, a state-trait anxiety inventory, a depression inventory, an eating disorder inventory, and a thought-shape fusion questionnaire.

Statistical analysis

The differences between groups were analysed using a variance analysis. Associations among variables were studied using Pearson's correlation coefficient and a multiple regression analysis was carried out to identify predictors (psychopathological, related with disgust sensitivity) of variables related with the eating behaviour.

Results

There were no significant differences between the groups neither in the total disgust sensitivity marking nor in its sub-scales. The drive to thinness was in correlation with core disgust (r=0.288; p<0.01), animal reminder (r=0.275; p<0.05), contamination (r=0.304; p<0.01) and disgust sensitivity (r=0.354; p<0.01), and the body dissatisfaction correlated with core disgust (r=0.25; p<0.05), contamination (r=0.371; p<0.01) and disgust sensitivity (r=0.323; p<0.01).

Conclusions

In spite of the absence of significant differences between groups, where it comes to disgust sensitivity, the relation between this sensitivity and other sensitivities specifically related with the eating behaviour, which are important in eating disorders, should be highlighted.

Keywords:
Disgust sensitivity
Eating behaviour
Eating disorders
Functional dyspepsia
Anxiet
Resumen
Antecedentes

La relación entre emociones y trastornos alimentarios ha sido bien estudiada, aunque la sensibilidad al asco se ha obviado con frecuencia a pesar de haberse señalado que podría tener algún papel en dichos trastornos.

Objetivo

Analizar la relación de variables relacionadas con la ingesta y otras variables psicopatológicas con la sensibilidad al asco.

Diseño

Descriptivo, transversal, comparativo de dos muestras (clínica y de control).

Sujetos y escenario

Se estudió a 57 pacientes con trastornos alimentarios y 40 estudiantes universitarios. En estos, la presencia de alteraciones alimentarias fue motivo de exclusión.

Medidas

Escala de sensibilidad al asco, escalas analógico-visuales para dispepsia, inventario de ansiedad estado-rasgo, inventario de depresión, inventario de trastornos alimentarios y cuestionario de fusión pensamiento-forma.

Análisis estadístico

Las diferencias entre grupos se analizaron mediante análisis de varianza. Las asociaciones entre variables se estudiaron mediante el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson y se llevó a cabo un análisis de regresión múltiple para identificar predictores (psicopatológicos y relacionados con la sensibilidad al asco) de variables relacionadas con la conducta alimentaria.

Resultados

No hubo diferencias significativas entre grupos en la puntuación total de sensibilidad al asco ni en sus subescalas. La tendencia a la delgadez se correlacionó con asco esencial (r=0,288; p<0,01), recuerdo animal (r=0,275; p<0,05), contaminación (r=0,304; p<0,01) y sensibilidad al asco (r=0,354; p<0,01), y la insatisfacción corporal se correlacionó con asco esencial (r=0,25; p<0,05), contaminación (r=0,371; p<0,01) y sensibilidad al asco (r=0,323; p<0,01).

Conclusiones

A pesar de la ausencia de diferencias significativas entre grupos en la sensibilidad al asco, cabe destacar la relación entre dicha sensibilidad y otras específicamente relacionadas con la conducta alimentaria, que resultan relevantes en los trastornos alimentarios.

Palabras clave:
Sensibilidad al asco
Conducta alimentaria
Trastornos alimentarios
Dispepsia funcional
Ansiedad
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