Associations between bullying and risk for eating disorders in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

to analyze the associations between bullying participation profiles (victims, bullies, and bully-victims) and the risk for eating disorders in adolescents.

Methods

a cross-sectional study was conducted with 491 students, aged 10 to 18 years. Data were collected through the application of the Peer Victimization and Aggression Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test, and were statistically analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman correlation.

Results

the risk for eating disorders was higher for the victim profile, both for boys and girls. For both sexes, physical victimization, verbal victimization, and relational victimization were significantly associated with variables related to the risk for eating disorders. For boys, there were also signific

SUBMITTER: Oliveira PDR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10680392 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature