Indicators of Eating Disorders in Sexually Abused Brazilian Adolescents: Family and School Contexts

Eating disorders, characterized by abnormal eating behaviors, are among a wide variety of psychiatric conditions that mainly affect children and adolescents. These disorders have multifactorial origin can be associated with restrictive diets, negative feelings, harmful family relationships, post-traumatic stress. Thus, this study’s objective was to evaluate the association between indicators school contexts in Brazilian adolescents who previously experienced sexual abuse examine findings based on sex. National School Health Survey data were utilized. Among 102,301 students 11 19 years age, 4124 reported having included study. Self-report questionnaires used assess participants’ health status presence risk which examined through multivariate analysis using Poisson regression model. The results indicated positive relationships self-induced vomiting, laxative misuse, other purgative methods infrequent meals family, hunger, violence students’ daily lives, regardless sex (p < 0.05). In addition, body dissatisfaction feelings about one’s been bullied or teased schoolmates for both sexes Distant parents female conclusion, dissatisfaction, body, found factors such as violence, distant parents, bullying at abuse.