Objetivo: comparar estudiantes universitarias mujeres con y sin riesgo de trastorno alimentario, en función de características asociadas a dichas patologías. Muestra: 83 mujeres de 19 a 31 años, estudiantes de una universidad pública de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.

Procedimiento: las participantes completaron un Cuestionario de datos, Contour Drawing Rating Scale (Thompson & Gray, 1995), Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (Garner, 1991; adaptación Rutsztein et al., 2006) y la Almost Perfect Scale Revised (Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi & Ashby, 2001; adaptación Arana, Keegan & Rutsztein, 2009). Resultados: las mujeres con riesgo de trastorno alimentario presentan mayor porcentaje de insatisfacción con la imagen corporal y vómitos autoinducidos, además de puntajes superiores en la mayoría de las subescalas del EDI -2 y en la subescala Discrepancia de la AP S-R. Conclusiones: las mujeres con riesgo de trastorno alimentario presentan un mayor nivel de perfeccionismo desadaptativo. Estos hallazgos son relevantes para el desarrollo de tratamientos para sintomatología específica de trastorno alimentario.

Palabras clave: Trastornos alimentarios - Perfeccionismo - Imagen corporal

ABSTRACT

Eating behaviors and attitudes, body image and perfectionism in female college students

Objective: to compare female university students with and without risk of eating disorders, based on characteristics associated with these disorders. Sample: 83 women aged 19 to 31 years old, students from a public university in the City of Buenos Aires. Procedure: Participants completed a Data questionnaire, Contour D rawing R ating Scale (Thompson & Gray, 1995), Eating Disorder Inventory- 2 (Garner, 1991; adaptation Rutsztein et al., 2006) and the Almost P erfect Scale-Revised (Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi & Ashby, 2001; adaptation Arana, Keegan & Rutsztein, 2009). Results: Women presenting risk of Ealing disorders have a higher percentage of body image dissatisfaction and self-induced vomiting, as well as higher scores in most of the subscales of the EDI -2 and the Discrepancy subscale of the AP S-R. Conclusions: Women presenting risk of eating disorders have a higher level of maladaptive perfectionism. These findings are relevant to the development of treatments for eating disorder symptomatology

Keywords: Eating disorders - Perfectionism - Body image – Adult women