Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight
Joint Authors
De Grandpré, S.
Gagnon-Girouard, Marie-Pierre
Bégin, Catherine
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study was to determine whether women with higher depressive symptoms differed from women with lower depressive symptoms on early weight-loss, eating behaviors and psychological profiles.
Among a sample of 45 overweight/obese women who had undertaken a self-initiated weight-loss attempt, two groups were formed based on scores from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), one with lower depressive symptoms (BDI-II < 10; n=21) and one with higher depressive symptoms (BDI ≥ 10; n=24).
Even if some women in the higher depressive symptom group did not reach the clinical cut-off for depression (BDI = 14), this group tended to lose less weight in the first two months of their weight-loss attempt and to show a more disturbed eating and psychological profile compared to the group with lower depressive symptoms.
In addition, among women with higher depressive symptoms, eating and psychological variables were systematically related to one another whereas these variables were not related among the other group.
Results highlight the relevance of considering the presence of depressive symptoms as a marker of clinical severity among the overweight/obese population, and suggest that the BDI-II could be an interesting screening instrument to identify this particular subgroup.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bégin, Catherine& De Grandpré, S.& Gagnon-Girouard, Marie-Pierre. 2012. Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bégin, Catherine…[et al.]. Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight. Journal of Obesity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bégin, Catherine& De Grandpré, S.& Gagnon-Girouard, Marie-Pierre. Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight. Journal of Obesity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-502894