Estilos de personalidad asociados a la imagen corporal en estudiantes de la carrera de Nutrición y Dietética de la Universidad de Cuenca en el periodo 2019-2020

Abstract

The concern for the body shape grows every day since individuals consider it as a category of classification. The measure in which this restlessness is not the same in all people, it depends on cognitive styles, emotions, interpersonal relationships, and the environment. dimensions that personality constitutes. The main objective to determine the relationship between personality styles and satisfaction levels of the corporal image according to the sociodemographic variables from the students of Nutrition and Dietetics major at the University of Cuenca. This investigation had a quantitative emphasis, cross-sectional, non-experimental, correlational scope, and a sample of 106 individuals. A sociodemographic record, Millon Inventory Personality Style(MIPS) and the Body Shape Questionnaire(BSQ). The analysis of the results evident that predominant personality styles are openness, reflection, and conformity. It is shown that it doesn’t exist a high rate of corporal dissatisfaction, although it could exist, it is more associated with women. It exists a positive correlation between the preservation style, sensation, intuition, innovation, and the variable of corporal dissatisfaction. In conclusion, it was found that only the personality styles of preservation and innovation with variable gender (women) are significant, therefore it recommend an intervention with the proposal to improve their corporal perception because women have a greater predisposition to assume risky eating behaviors for their health.