Desarrollo evolutivo, personalidad y nivel de adaptación de un grupo de menores obesos

Abstract

In order to evaluate specifics aspects of obese children (development grow, personality features and levels of personal, social and scholastic adaptation), this comparative study assess 90 children (50 boys and 40 girls), with a mean age of 10 years and a typical deviation of 1,13, separate on three groups: obese (n=30), diabetics (n=30) and healthy normal body weight (n=30). The Personality Questionnaire for Children (CPQ),
Auto-evaluative Adaptation Infantile Test (TAMAI), and a Socio-biography Inventory (for studying development grow of the children), have been used for the assessment. Comparative analyses have been performed: ANOVA Simple Factorial was used to test for statistically significant interaction between sex and group and ANOVA 1 Factor and Scheffé post hoc, was used to evaluate for significant statistically differences between
three groups. Statistically significant interaction between sex and group is observed on the following variables: CPQO (calm/apprehensive), TP22, TP222, TP223 (sadness and somatic symptoms) being the obese girls who show means scores highest. When three groups have been comparing, the results have been the next: no statistically significant
differences on any variable from de Socio-biography Inventory have been observed. With the Personality Questionnaire for Children (CPQ) specifics personality features in the obese sample have not been observed. With the Auto-Evaluative Adaptation Infantile Test (TAMAI), specifics aspects in the personal, social and scholastic levels adaptation of obese children have not been observed neither, although they are who show means scores highest on the variables relations with personal dissatisfaction (TP: obese=11,63; diabetics=10,06; healthy normal body weight =7,5; p<0,01 between obese and healthy normal body weigh) and social dissatisfaction (TS2: obese=4,43; diabetics=3,16; healthy normal body weigh =2,1; p<0,01 between obese and healthy normal body weigh). Social
stigma and visibility obesity could be determine a biger personal and social dissatisfaction of de obeses children.