Resumen

PAMIES, Lidia  y  QUILES, Yolanda. Perfectionism and risk factors for the development of eating disorders in Spanish adolescents of both genders. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.2, pp.620-626. ISSN 1695-2294.  https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.30.2.158441.

The aim of this study was to assess the dimensions of perfectionism that are linked to risk eating behaviors in a representative sample of Spanish adolescents of both genders, and analyze the differences in these dimensions between adolescents with high and low eating disorder risk. Method: 2142 adolescents from Alicante (1130 girls and 1012 boys), mean age 13.96 years (SD = 1.34), completed the Spanish version of the The Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) and the EAT-40.Results: Self-Oriented Perfectionism and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism were positively associated with EAT-40 total score, and with the different factors that comprise it, in both genders. Adolescents with high risk of developing an eating disorder showed higher Self-Oriented Perfectionism and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism than adolescents with low risk of developing the disorder. Conclusion: These results suggest that it is necessary to identify these perfectionist tendencies in adolescents before they become pathological behaviors, in order to prevent the development of an eating disorder.

Palabras clave : Perfectionism; risk factor; adolescents; personality; eating disorders.

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