BACKGROUND: Having an instrument that allows for the precise assessment of eating behavior is a necessary requirement for developing research aimed at improving people's nutritional health. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the revised Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-18) in a sample of Chilean adults. METHOD: Through an online survey, eating behavior, stress levels, anxiety and eating self-regulation were evaluated in 618 participants of both sexes. Analyzes of CFA, reliability, concurrent validity and analysis of invariance based on sex were carried out. RESULT: The three-dimensional structure of the scale was confirmed, composed of the Cognitive Restriction (CR), Eating Disinhibition (DA) and Emotional Eating (EE) factors. Invariance by sex was also confirmed. Satisfactory internal consistency coefficients were obtained for each of the scales. The DA and EE factors correlated positively with anxiety and stress levels, while RC was inversely associated with eating self-regulation. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the TFEQ-18 is a psychometrically valid and reliable measure that can be used to assess eating behavior in the Chilean adult population.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be associated with the occurrence of depression (DP) in adulthood, while Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) have demonstrated an inverse relationship with this condition. This study aims to explore the association between ACEs and DP in a sample from a rural- urban cohort in Chile, as well as the moderating effect of BCEs on this relationship. Baseline data were used from the Maule Cohort (MAUCO, composed of 9,000 participants from the general population aged 38 to 74 years), in which the likelihood of depression was assessed using the PHQ-9 screening instrument, ACEs were measured with the ACE-IQ questionnaire, and BCEs were assessed using the Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale, in a total of 534 adults. Multiple logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of ACEs, BCEs, and their interaction on the probability of a positive depression screening. Separate analyses indicated that experiencing a higher number of ACEs was associated with an increased likelihood of a positive depression screening, whereas experiencing a greater number of BCEs was associated with a decreased the likelihood of depression.
BACKGROUND: Dating violence (DV) represents a specific form of intimate partner violence that is particularly prevalent among university students, a population considered especially vulnerable to relational risk. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of DV (including both victimisation and perpetration) among university students (cyberbullying, control, emotional, physical and sexual) and to analyse its association with attachment, mentalisation, emotion regulation, anxiety and depression in DV experienced as victims or perpetrators. Method: A total sample of 724 Chilean university students (67.5% female, 30.2% male, and 2.2% nonbinary) completed an assessment protocol comprising validated psychological measures. Results: The results indicated that 70.9% of participants had been victims at least one form of DV (71.2% women, 70.8% men and 62.5% nonbinary), and 70.3% had perpetrated some type of violence against a partner (72% women, 68.9% men and 37.5% nonbinary). From a victimisation perspective, the most relevant associated variables were attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, and depressive symptoms. By contrast, perpetration was primarily associated with attachment anxiety, mentalisation difficulties, particularly uncertainty about mental states, and depression. CONCLUSIONS: DV (victimization and aggression) is highly prevalent in the sample studied. Furthermore, a relationship has been found between victimization and aggression and the psychological variables studied. The implications of these findings for understanding DV and the contribution of psychological factors are discussed.
BACKGROUND: Weight bias internalization (WBI) has been consistently associated with eating disorder (ED) symptoms, but it remains important to determine whether this association persists when general psychological distress and food insecurity are considered simultaneously. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between WBI and ED risk among Chilean adults and assess its incremental contribution beyond age, symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, and food insecurity. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 111 Chilean adults. Participants completed the WBIS-M, EDI-3-RF, DASS-21, and FIES. Correlation analyses and hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were conducted. RESULTS: WBI was significantly associated with overall ED risk and its specific dimensions. Its addition in the final block significantly increased the explained variance across all models (Delta R-2 = .128-.474, all p < .001), with final models explaining 51.5%- 76.5% of the variance (R-2 = .515-.765). CONCLUSIONS: WBI made a significant incremental contribution to ED risk indicators beyond the covariates considered. The strong associations with body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness underscore the need to consider the conceptual proximity among these constructs.
OBJECTIVE: Socioemotional Styles Therapy (SET) is a process-based transdiagnostic model linking emotionregulation mechanisms to the interpersonal motives they serve and the attachment history that shaped them. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and treatment-contingent change of a brief online SET protocol in adults with clinically significant distress. METHOD: Nine adults entered a non-concurrent randomized multiple-baseline single-case experimental design, with baselines randomly assigned to three, four, or five weeks, eight weekly online sessions, and one-month follow-up; seven completers were analyzed. Distress (CORE-OM) was assessed weekly and a five-item well-being composite daily. Phase contrasts were evaluated with visual inspection and Tau-U; individual change with reliable and clinically significant change indices (CORE-OM, PHQ-9, GAD-7, DERS-E). RESULTS: Completers attended all sessions, and patient satisfaction and therapist-rated acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility were high, although adherence to daily assessment varied (33.7-96.1%). Four of seven showed significant distress reductions, and the aggregated effect was significant (Tau = 0.44, p < .001), though effects concentrated in the four- and five-week conditions. Six improved reliably on at least one instrument; one deteriorated reliably at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: A brief online SET protocol was feasible and acceptable and yielded preliminary evidence of treatment-contingent change.
