TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of eating disorders in Latina adolescents
T2 - Associations with substance use and other correlates
AU - Granillo, Teresa
AU - Jones-Rodriguez, Gina
AU - Carvajal, Scott C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R03 DA14371) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R21 AA12803). Teresa Granillo’s efforts on this study were further supported by a McNair undergraduate scholarship administered by the University of Arizona. This research uses secondary contractual data from Add Health, a project designed by J. Richard Udry (PI), Peter Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Persons interested in obtaining data files from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 ( www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth/contract.html ).
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - Purpose: To estimate the occurrence and correlates of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa-related symptoms in a Latina sample of U.S. adolescents. Method: Approximately 1866 Latinas ranging in age from 11-20 years old are included in this study. These adolescents are a sub-sample from the National Longitudinal Survey on Adolescent Health. Along with self-reports of eating disorder-related variables, we measured related biological, contextual, behavioral, and psychosocial correlates, including use of various substances. Conclusion: Chi-square analysis showed the prevalence in all Latina sub-groups was relatively consistent with the U.S. trends. Latinas of higher socioeconomic status were more at risk for eating disorders. Body dissatisfaction, negative affectivity, substance use, and low self-esteem were all positively correlated with eating disorder symptoms. These results suggest screening and treatment services are needed across groups of Latina adolescents.
AB - Purpose: To estimate the occurrence and correlates of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa-related symptoms in a Latina sample of U.S. adolescents. Method: Approximately 1866 Latinas ranging in age from 11-20 years old are included in this study. These adolescents are a sub-sample from the National Longitudinal Survey on Adolescent Health. Along with self-reports of eating disorder-related variables, we measured related biological, contextual, behavioral, and psychosocial correlates, including use of various substances. Conclusion: Chi-square analysis showed the prevalence in all Latina sub-groups was relatively consistent with the U.S. trends. Latinas of higher socioeconomic status were more at risk for eating disorders. Body dissatisfaction, negative affectivity, substance use, and low self-esteem were all positively correlated with eating disorder symptoms. These results suggest screening and treatment services are needed across groups of Latina adolescents.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Bulimia
KW - Eating disorders
KW - Latinas
KW - Substance use
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.01.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 15737777
AN - SCOPUS:14644415916
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 36
SP - 214
EP - 220
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 3
ER -