Assessing the Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in a Sample of University Students Using Two Different Self-Report Measures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Participants and Procedure
2.3. Instruments
2.3.1. Demographic Information
2.3.2. The Spanish Version of the Düsseldorfer Orthorexie Skala (DOS-ES)
2.3.3. The ORTO-11-ES Questionnaire
2.3.4. The Eating Disorder Inventory-EDI-2-Spanish Version
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Prevalence of Orthorexia with DOS-ES and ORTO-11-ES
3.2. Differences between Orthorexia and Subscales of EDI-2
3.3. Relationships between Orthorexia and EDI-2 Subscales
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | DOS (%) | ORTO (%) | χ2 Test (DOS) | p Value (DOS) | χ2 Test (ORTO) | p Value (ORTO) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 4.1 | 6.7 | 1.14 | 0.274 | 18.12 | 0.00 |
Female | 6.5 | 18.5 | |||||
BMI | Underweight | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.623 | 0.891 | 4.18 | 0.312 |
Normal | 7.6 | 17.9 | |||||
Overweight | 1.6 | 4.5 | |||||
Obese | 0.2 | 1.4 | |||||
Studies | Engineering | 3.6 | 6.7 | 0.387 | 0.534 | 6.40 | 0.04 |
Health Sciences | 6.9 | 18.5 |
Subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory | DOS | N | M | SD | F |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drive for thinness | Up to 24 | 440 | 13.91 | 8.31 | 16.90 * |
25–29 | 41 | 20.22 | 8.03 | ||
Greater than or equal to 30 | 11 | 23.27 | 8.78 | ||
Body dissatisfaction | Up to 24 | 440 | 17.09 | 9.87 | 3.50 ** |
25–29 | 41 | 20.59 | 11.21 | ||
Greater than or equal to 30 | 11 | 22.27 | 14.63 | ||
Perfectionism | Up to 24 | 440 | 14.26 | 5.83 | 4.83 * |
25–29 | 41 | 16.46 | 5.46 | ||
Greater than or equal to 30 | 11 | 18.09 | 5.37 | ||
Interceptive awareness | Up to 24 | 440 | 16.85 | 8.63 | 3.83 ** |
25–29 | 41 | 19.44 | 9.20 | ||
Greater than or equal to 30 | 11 | 22.55 | 6.74 | ||
Asceticism | Up to 24 | 440 | 12.53 | 5.41 | 13.54 * |
25–29 | 41 | 16.27 | 6.02 | ||
Greater than or equal to 30 | 11 | 18.09 | 6.70 |
Subscales of the Eating disorder Inventory | ORTO * | N | M | SD | t test |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drive for thinness | with ON | 124 | 20.79 | 7.82 | t(1, 489) = 10.11, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 12.60 | 7.77 | ||
Bulimia | with ON | 124 | 10.95 | 6.79 | t(1, 489) = 4.49, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 8.25 | 5.41 | ||
Body dissatisfaction | with ON | 124 | 22.65 | 10.81 | t(1, 489) = 6.80, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 15.79 | 9.31 | ||
Perfectionism | with ON | 124 | 15.41 | 6.39 | t(1, 490) = 2.92, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 14.25 | 5.62 | ||
Effectiveness | with ON | 124 | 15.57 | 9.31 | t(1, 489) = 1.92, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 13.32 | 7.97 | ||
Interceptive awareness | with ON | 124 | 20.27 | 8.91 | t(1, 489) =4.60, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 16.20 | 8.36 | ||
Asceticism | with ON | 124 | 14.74 | 5.93 | t(1, 489) = 4.11, p < 0.01 |
without ON | 367 | 12.37 | 5.41 | ||
Impulse regulation | with ON | 124 | 17.10 | 9.33 | t(1, 489) = 3.2.38, p < 0.05 |
without ON | 367 | 14.91 | 8.70 |
Correlation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1. ORTO | ||||||||||||
2. DOS | −0.610 ** | |||||||||||
3. Drive for thinness | −0.594 ** | 0.500 ** | ||||||||||
4. Bulimia | −0.243 ** | 0.195 ** | 0.347 ** | |||||||||
5. Body dissatisfaction | −0.390 ** | 0.288 ** | 0.719 ** | 0.384 ** | ||||||||
6. Perfectionism | −0.162 ** | 0.176 ** | 0.091 * | 0.267 ** | 0.011 | |||||||
7. Effectiveness | −0.165 ** | 0.160 ** | 0.336 ** | 0.361 ** | 0.460 ** | 0.185 ** | ||||||
8. Interpersonal disruption | −0.044 | 0.029 | 0.076 | 0.223 ** | 0.179 ** | 0.162 ** | 0.506 ** | |||||
9. Interceptive awareness | −0.291 ** | 0.237 ** | 0.378 ** | 0.539 ** | 0.395 ** | 0.313 ** | 0.609 ** | 0.429 ** | ||||
10. Maturity fears | −0.040 | −0.007 | 0.102 * | 0.172 ** | 0.142 ** | 0.124 ** | 0.304 ** | 0.139 ** | 0.333 ** | |||
11. Asceticism | −0.262 ** | 0.331 ** | 0.439 ** | 0.478 ** | 0.412 ** | 0.321 ** | 0.543 ** | 0.338 ** | 0.625 ** | 0.192 ** | ||
12. Impulse regulation | −0.170 ** | 0.166 ** | 0.222 ** | 0.464 ** | 0.221 ** | 0.310 ** | 0.466 ** | 0.307 ** | 0.623 ** | 0.251 ** | 0.590 ** | |
13. Social insecurity | −0.075 | 0.092 * | 0.160 ** | 0.263 ** | 0.307 ** | 0.155 ** | 0.672 ** | 0.684 ** | 0.453 ** | 0.210 ** | 0.467 ** | 0.445 ** |
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Parra-Fernández, M.L.; Onieva-Zafra, M.D.; Fernández-Martínez, E.; Abreu-Sánchez, A.; Fernández-Muñoz, J.J. Assessing the Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in a Sample of University Students Using Two Different Self-Report Measures. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142459
Parra-Fernández ML, Onieva-Zafra MD, Fernández-Martínez E, Abreu-Sánchez A, Fernández-Muñoz JJ. Assessing the Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in a Sample of University Students Using Two Different Self-Report Measures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(14):2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142459
Chicago/Turabian StyleParra-Fernández, María Laura, María Dolores Onieva-Zafra, Elia Fernández-Martínez, Ana Abreu-Sánchez, and Juan José Fernández-Muñoz. 2019. "Assessing the Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa in a Sample of University Students Using Two Different Self-Report Measures" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 14: 2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142459