Anxiété sociale et satisfaction des besoins d’autonomie, de compétence et d’appartenance sociale chez les adolescents obèses
Résumé
The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between social anxiety and satisfaction of needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness in obese adolescents. Literature review reports that obese children and adolescents have higher social anxiety that their normal weight peers. But relations between obesity and social anxiety are not clear. We explore the relationship between social anxiety and satisfaction of needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, three basic psychological needs advanced by Self-Determination Theory (SDT). SDT predicts that satisfaction of these needs should result in well-being and mental health. Thereby, a low satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness is associated with psychopathology. These psychological needs are not yet explored in obese adolescents. We expect that obese adolescents have higher social anxiety and lower satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness as compared to controls. Furthermore, high social anxiety could be associated with low satisfaction of these needs.
Cette étude a pour objectif d’explorer les liens entre l’anxiété sociale et la satisfaction des besoins d’autonomie, de compétence et d’affiliation sociale chez les adolescents obèses. Pour la Théorie de l’autodétermination, l’insatisfaction de ces trois besoins psychologiques fondamentaux serait associée à la présence de psychopathologies. L’anxiété sociale est le trouble anxieux le plus fréquent chez les adolescents obèses, mais ses liens avec la satisfaction des besoins n’ont pas encore été étudiés dans cette population.