Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2012. Vol. Vol. 24 (nº 3). 384-389
Natalia Solano Pinto1 y Antonio Cano Vindel2
La literatura científica revisada indica que la ansiedad es un factor importante en los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA). El objetivo de este estudio ha sido comparar las manifestaciones de ansiedad obtenidas con el Inventario de Situaciones y Respuestas de Ansiedad en una muestra clínica de 74 mujeres jóvenes (46, anorexia nerviosa; 28, bulimia) con las de un grupo control (130 jóvenes sin trastornos). Los resultados del ANOVA intergrupo mostraron puntuaciones de ansiedad más altas en el grupo clínico en todas las variables, encontrándose en el grupo clínico un perfil de diferencias entre escalas plano (sin diferencias en ANOVA intragrupo) para los tres sistemas de respuesta (cognitivo, fisiológico y motor) y los cuatro rasgos específicos de ansiedad (situaciones de evaluación, interpersonales, fóbicas y cotidianas). A su vez, tener puntuaciones altas en ansiedad estuvo asociado con TCA en las 8 comparaciones bivariadas, resultando las estimaciones más precisas para ansiedad cognitiva y rasgo específico de ansiedad interpersonal.
Anxiety in eating disorders: A comparative study. Scientific literature shows that anxiety is an important factor in eating disorders. The aim of this case-control study was to compare the anxiety manifestations obtained by means of the Anxiety Situations and Responses Inventory of in a clinical sample of 74 females (46, anorexia nervosa; 28, bulimia) to those obtained by a control group (130 girls without disorders). The between-group ANOVA results showed higher anxiety scores in the clinical group with a medium effect size for the anxiety trait, finding a flat profile (within-group ANOVA) for the three response systems (cognitive, physiological and motor) and the four specific anxiety traits (test, interpersonal, phobic, and daily life situations). Moreover, high scores in anxiety involved a greater risk of being diagnosed with an eating disorder in the 8 bivariate comparisons. The estimations were more precise for cognitive anxiety and for the specific interpersonal anxiety trait.
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