Alexithymia and its Relationships with Eating Behavior, Self Esteem, and Body Esteem in College Women

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• The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence rate of alexithymia and eatingdisorder (ED) as well as to explore the relationships between alexithymia and eatingbehavior, self esteem, and body esteem in non-clinical college women. A total of 313Japanese college women were asked to make entries of age, height, and body weight,and to answer the full items in the Japanese version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale(TAS-20), Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES), andBody Esteem Scale (BES). The frequency of alexithymics who scored 61 points or moreof the TAS-20 was 28.7%, and the frequency of students with potential ED who scored20 points or more of the EAT-26 was 8.7%. The prevalence of potential ED in thealexithymics (14.0%) was significantly higher than that in the non-alexithymics (6.5%).The mean values of the RSES and BES scores were significantly different between thealexithymic and non-alexithymic groups. The TAS-20 scores were unrelated to the ageand body mass index, but were significantly correlated to the EAT-26 (total score (r =0.12, p = 0.04), bulimia and food preoccupation (r = 0.14, p = 0.01)), the RSES (r = -0.44,p < 0.001), and BES (total score (r = -0.22, p < 0.001), appearance (r = -0.23, p < 0.001),and weight (r = -012, p = 0.04)). These results suggest that, in non-clinical collegewomen, alexithymia is a common psychological characteristic that is stronglycorrelated with self esteem and body esteem and that may influence eating behavior.

• 2010-00-00

著者

• Tanaka Kiwamu

  Department Of Agricultural Sciences And Natural Resources Faculty Of Agriculture Kagoshima Universit

• Sasai Keiko

  Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

• Hishimoto Akitoyo

  Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

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