Исследование распространенности и специфики проявления нервной орторексии у обучающихся

Abstract

The prevalence of orthorexia nervosa ranges from 1 to 7 % of the world's population. Students are at risk, about a third of whom experience symptoms of orthorexia. In this regard, a more thorough study of the manifestations of orthorexia nervosa in students is necessary. The purpose of the work was to investigate the prevalence and specificity of the manifestation of orthorexia nervosa in students of different courses and specialties, as well as its relationship with the characteristics of preoccupation with body shape and character traits. Over the course of 8 months 132 students of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 92 girls and 40 boys from 18 to 26 years old, from 1st to 6th years and masters, were surveyed. All students were tested using the following methods: “Roman Orthorexia Nervosa Questionnaire (ORTO-15)”, “Body Shape” Questionnaire (BSQ) (Cooper, Taylor), Leonhard-Schmischek test, author's questionnaire. The respondents were divided into two groups, depending on the presence or absence of signs of orthorexia nervosa. 90 (68.2 %) students, representatives of the first group, showed signs of orthorexia nervosa. The results of the study confirmed that among students, manifestations of orthorexia are common in more than half of the students. More often it occurs in girls from 19 to 20 years old; among 2nd year students, mainly among representatives of chemical, biological and technical profiles. The eating behavior of students with signs of orthorexia nervosa is characterized by pronounced selectivity. This group of respondents reliably revealed connections between preoccupation with body shape and excitability, exaltation, anxiety, pedantry, cyclothymia and hyperthymia, as well as a higher body mass index (BMI).