RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
A1 Brytek Matera, Anna
A1 Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
A1 Parra Fernández, María Laura
A1 Fernández Martínez, Elia
AB The objectives of the present study were to (1) evaluate prevalence of orthorexia nervosa(ON) in university students in Spain and Poland, (2) assess differences in ON and eating disorder(ED) pathology in both samples and (3) examine the relationship between ON and ED symptomsamong Spanish and Polish university students. Eight hundred and sixty university studentsparticipated in the present study (Mage = 21.17 ± 3.38; MBMI = 22.57 ± 3.76). The Spanish and Polishsamples comprised 485 and 375 students, respectively. The Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale and theEating Disorder Inventory were used in the present study. ON prevalence rates of 2.3% and 2.9%,respectively, are found in the Spanish and Polish samples. Compared to Polish students, Spanishuniversity students reported increased drive for thinness and lower body dissatisfaction, lower levelof ineffectiveness and lower level of interpersonal distrust. ON was positively related to drive forthinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, perfectionism interoceptive awareness (in both Spanish andPolish students) and ineffectiveness (in Spanish students). Our findings suggest that ON significantlyoverlaps with ED symptoms, which is in line with recent studies. Longitudinal studies are needed toassess how ON develops in a sample of young adults and whether it develops in isolation of or inparallel with ED pathology.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-6643
YR 2020
FD 2020-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19589
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19589
LA eng
NO Brytek Matera, A., Onieva Zafra, M. D., Parra Fernández, M. L. ... Fernández Martínez, E. (2020). Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 12(12), 3716. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123716
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026