Abstract

espanolEl objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar los cambios en el riesgo de desarrollar trastornos de la conducta alimentaria despues de un ano de seguimiento de un programa de prevencion basado en la tecnica de la disonancia cognitiva para trastornos de la conducta alimentaria. El Body Project fue implementado en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios, hombres y mujeres: 133, 110 y 74 en el pre-test, post-test y seguimiento, respectivamente. Se comprueba el cambio en las conductas alimentarias de riesgo (CAR) a lo largo del tiempo y segun las variables que, de acuerdo con el modelo teorico, se encuentran entre la intervencion y las CAR, con un analisis MANOVA de medidas repetidas para las asociaciones entre interiorizacion del ideal estetico de delgadez, los sintomas depresivos y las CAR. El valor promedio de las CAR en el pre-test fue 5.23, 3.45 en el post-test y 2.80 en el seguimiento. El modelo de las CAR como variable dependiente e interiorizacion del ideal estetico de delgadez y los sintomas depresivos como variables independientes mostro un efecto significativo de la internalizacion del ideal estetico de delgadez, F(2, 136) = 7.66, p = .0011, mientras que no hubo un efecto significativo de los sintomas depresivos, F(2, 136) = 0.45, p = .6191, lo que indica que la intervencion tuvo un efecto en las CAR por via de la variable antecedente. Se mostro que la intervencion produce efectos despues de un ano de seguimiento. Este hallazgo sustenta la implementacion de programas universales de prevencion que utilicen la tecnica de disonancia cognoscitiva. EnglishThe purpose of this study was to identify changes in the risk of eating disorders after a one-year follow-up of a dissonance-based eating disorders prevention program. The Body Project was implemented in a sample of male and female university students: 133, 110, and 74 at baseline, post-test, and follow-up respectively, and we tested the change in disordered eating behaviors (DEB) over time, and by levels of variables that according to the theoretical model lie on the path between the intervention and DEB, with one-way MANOVA analyses of repeated measures for the associations between internalization of the esthetic thin ideal, depressive symptoms, and DEB. The average value of DEB was 5.23 at pre-test, 3.45 at post-test, and 2.80 at follow-up. The model with DEB at each time point, as dependent variables, and internalization of the esthetic thin ideal and depressive symptoms, as independent variables, showed a significant effect of internalization of the esthetic thin ideal, F(2, 136) = 7.66, p = .0011, while there was no significant effect of depressive symptoms, F(2, 136) = 0.45, p = .6191, indicating that the intervention exerted its effect on DEB via the former variable. The intervention proved to produce effects after a one-year follow-up. These findings support the implementation of universal prevention programs using dissonance-based techniques.

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