Apego preocupado, pensamiento rumiativo y pensamiento referencial en candidatos a cirugía bariátrica

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.