Concerned attachment, ruminant thinking and referential thinking in candidates for bariatric surgery

Abstract

Bariatric surgery has become the most efficient technique in the treatment of morbid obesity. The goal of this
study was to analyze the differences between a bariatric surgery candidates group and a control sample in the variables
attachment, rumination, and referential thinking. The design of this study is ex post facto prospective. From the 285
subjects who participated in the study, 162 were bariatric surgery candidates. The other 123 participants were individuals
from the general population selected by convenience. For data collection was used the Cuestionario de Apego
Adulto (Adult Attachment Questionnaire), the Escala de Pensamiento Referencial (Referential Thinking Scale) and the
Escala de Respuestas Rumiativas (Ruminative Responses Scale). We conclude there is a larger prevalence of concerned
attachment in the group of candidates not suitable for bariatric surgery, as well as a greater presence of both referential
and ruminative thinking in the same group comparing to the other two groups.