Self-esteem, Personality, and Eating Disorders: Baseline Assessment of a Prospective Population-based Cohort

Overview

Journal Int J Eat Disord

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2002 Mar 29

PMID 11920987

Citations 28

Authors

Pilar Gual

Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez

Francisca Lahortiga

Jokin De Irala-Estevez

Salvador Cervera-Enguix

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Abstract

Objective: To study the relationship of self-esteem and personality factors with eating disorders (ED).

Methods: A region-wide representative sample of 2862 girls 12-21 years old from Navarre (Spain) participated in the baseline assessment of a prospective study. A two-stage procedure was used, consisting in a first screening phase followed by a psychiatrist interview (DSM-IV criteria). Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the association of self-esteem (36-item scale) and personality characteristics (Eysenck inventory) with psychiatrist-diagnosed ED while controlling for potential confounders.

Results: Strong associations for ED were found with low self-esteem (adjusted odds ratio [adjOR] for the lowest quartile: 7.98, 95% CI: 3.4-18.8) and high levels of neuroticism (adjOR for the highest quartile: 9.49, 95% Cl: 3.7-24.5).

Discussion: Our results, although based on a cross-sectional design, support the potential role of neuroticism and low self-esteem in the onset of ED.

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