自我认定的体重状况与感知到的精神和身体健康的关系
Journal of psychiatric practice
|November 10, 2023
概括
超重或肥胖的个人自我识别他们的体重状况报告较差的心理和身体健康. 自我识别可能标志着潜在的饮食障碍精神病理,需要临床关注.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 健康心理学 心理健康心理学
背景情况:
- 体重较高,按体重指数定义为超重或肥胖范围内的体重,是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解个人如何感知自己的体重状况对于解决相关健康结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查超重/肥胖 (Ow/Ob) 个体是否自认其体重状况.
- 检查自我识别为Ow/Ob与感知到的心理健康,感知到的身体健康,抑郁症和饮食障碍心理病理学的关联.
主要方法:
- 形成了四组:Ow/Ob自我认同 (Ow/Ob+),Ow/Ob不自我认同 (Ow/Ob-),那些患有过度饮食障碍 (BED) 和Ow/Ob的人,以及那些患有神经过食症 (BN) 和Ow/Ob的人.
- 对差异的分析比较了对感知健康,抑郁和饮食障碍心理病理学的群体.
主要成果:
- 与没有饮食障碍的人相比,患有BED和BN的人更有可能自我认定为Ow/Ob.
- 在Ow/Ob-组报告的最佳感知健康和最低的精神病理/抑郁症.
- Ow/Ob+组比BED/BN组更好地感知到心理健康,但与Ow/Ob-组相似;然而,Ow/Ob+的饮食障碍精神病理比Ow/Ob-.
结论:
- 自我识别为超重或肥胖与饮食障碍心理病理学和较差的感知健康有关.
- 临床医生应该与患者讨论体重,因为自我识别可能表明潜在的饮食障碍精神病理.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这种关系的方向性.
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