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Psychopathology in mothers of a pediatric sample of children and adolescents affected by obesity or excess weight
Alternative title | Psicopatología en madres de una muestra pediátrica niños, niñas y adolescentes afectados por obesidad o sobrepeso |
Author/s | Avilés Carvajal, Isabel
Barcala Fuentes, Miryam Lozano Oyola, José Francisco Gómez de Terreros Guardiola, Montserrat Martínez Cervantes, Rafael Jesús |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Experimental |
Publication Date | 2013 |
Deposit Date | 2022-03-07 |
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Abstract | Objective: To analyze the presence of psychopathological symptoms in a sample of mothers whose children and adolescents
were treated because of obesity or overweight in the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit at Children's ... Objective: To analyze the presence of psychopathological symptoms in a sample of mothers whose children and adolescents were treated because of obesity or overweight in the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit at Children's Hospital "Virgen del Rocío" of Seville. Method: The participants were a group of families that went to the pediatric endocrinology unit. After the mothers signed the informed consent, we gave them the "General Health Questionnaire Goldberg" (GHQ-28), that once filled had to be returned by post mail. We present the results of 41 participants. Results: Most mothers did not show symptoms of psychopathological problems. Nonetheless, there were a 12.7% of cases with clinical significance in the anxiety-insomnia scale. Conclusions: There are no indicators of special psychopathology in the mothers of children with obesity or overweight, being anxiety symptoms the main problem they showed. |
Citation | Avilés Carvajal, I., Barcala Fuentes, M., Lozano Oyola, J.F., Gómez de Terreros Guardiola, M. y Martínez Cervantes, R.J. (2013). Psychopathology in mothers of a pediatric sample of children and adolescents affected by obesity or excess weight. Anuario de Psicología Clínica y de la Salud / Annuary of Clinical and Health Psychology, 9, 31-32. |
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