Ansia por la comida y mindfulness en jóvenes universitarios de Lima Metropolitana
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2017-07-14
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Los estudiantes universitarios son vulnerables a estados emocionales negativos, como por
ejemplo el estrés. Asimismo, es una etapa en donde los hábitos alimenticios cambian.
También, hay información sobre un mayor sobrepeso en jóvenes. El ansia por la comida
podría estar contribuyendo de manera significativa a estas cifras. Ésta se ha relacionado
a otras consecuencias negativas, como a la adicción a la comida, atracones y bulimia. Por
tanto, esta investigación buscó analizar las relaciones de los factores del mindfulness con
el ansia por comer y sus distintas manifestaciones, en una muestra de 405 estudiantes
universitarios, 51,6% hombres y 48,4% mujeres, de 16 a 22 años de edad (M=18.03,
D.E=1.20). Se llevaron a cabo análisis de correlación de Spearman y comparación de
medianas. Se encontró que a mayores niveles en ciertas facetas del mindfulness había
menores índices de ansia por la comida. Por otro lado, se encontraron relaciones
inesperadas y ausencia de relaciones entre ciertas facetas del mindfulness y el ansia por
la comida. Asimismo, se encontraron diferencias en el ansia por la comida y relación con
el mindfulness según el sexo de los participantes. Con todo, los hallazgos presentados
sugieren que programas basados en el mindfulness podrían beneficiar a aquellos
individuos que suelen alimentarse bajo un estado de ansia.
University students are vulnerable to negative emotional states, for example stress. This is a stage of life where certain habits like eating are compromised. Keeping in mind that there are high levels of obesity in Peruvian young adults, food cravings can be contributing to those levels. Food cravings has been linked to other negative consequences like food addiction, binge eating and bulimia. Thereby, this research aimed to analyze the relationship between the factors of mindfulness and food cravings and their subsequent attributes in 405 university students, 51,6% males and 48,4% females, from 16 to 22 years old (M=18.03, D.E=1.20). Spearman and comparisons of means where assessed. The findings showed that higher levels of some of the mindfulness facets are associated with lower levels of food cravings. However, the study found unexpected relations and none relations between some other facets of mindfulness and food cravings. Also, an unexpected association was found between the Observing facet and food cravings. Furthermore, the relations between food cravings and mindfulness changed depending on the sex of the participants. The findings of this research suggest that mindfulness intervention programs may be beneficial to individuals that tend to experience food cravings
University students are vulnerable to negative emotional states, for example stress. This is a stage of life where certain habits like eating are compromised. Keeping in mind that there are high levels of obesity in Peruvian young adults, food cravings can be contributing to those levels. Food cravings has been linked to other negative consequences like food addiction, binge eating and bulimia. Thereby, this research aimed to analyze the relationship between the factors of mindfulness and food cravings and their subsequent attributes in 405 university students, 51,6% males and 48,4% females, from 16 to 22 years old (M=18.03, D.E=1.20). Spearman and comparisons of means where assessed. The findings showed that higher levels of some of the mindfulness facets are associated with lower levels of food cravings. However, the study found unexpected relations and none relations between some other facets of mindfulness and food cravings. Also, an unexpected association was found between the Observing facet and food cravings. Furthermore, the relations between food cravings and mindfulness changed depending on the sex of the participants. The findings of this research suggest that mindfulness intervention programs may be beneficial to individuals that tend to experience food cravings
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Trastornos de la nutrición, Hábitos alimenticios, Atención, Estudiantes universitarios--Investigaciones
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