Manifest anxiety in overweight and obese adolescents

Obesity is a serious health problem in Mexico, and it is manifested within a large number of psychological co-morbidities. The main purpo - se of this paper was to assess the presence of anxiety in adolescent population in relation to their weight and size. In this study, the sample consisted of 601...

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Autores: Edith Pompa Guajardo, Cecilia Meza Peña
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Repositorio:Redalyc-UANL
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:139039784010
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=139039784010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicología
obesity
anxiety
Overweight
adolescents
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Sumario:Obesity is a serious health problem in Mexico, and it is manifested within a large number of psychological co-morbidities. The main purpo - se of this paper was to assess the presence of anxiety in adolescent population in relation to their weight and size. In this study, the sample consisted of 601 adolescents who completed the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Sca - le. They also provided socio-demographic data and were evaluated in size and weight. The results are consistent with other studies that show associations between BMI (Body Mass Index), anxiety and gender, but they also warn about a strong relationship between physiologi - cal anxiety and obesity.