2013
DOI: 10.1080/21662630.2013.794497
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Deficits in mentalization: a risk factor for future development of eating disorders among pre-adolescent girls

Abstract: Modern psychoanalytic developmental theory suggests that a child's inability to make sense of her own mind and those of others (i.e. mentalization) leaves her vulnerable to communicate through action instead of words, which can include somatization in the form of an eating disorder (ED). This pilot study tested the correlation between ED risk and insecure attachment among 76 preadolescent girls and compared the mentalization capacities of girls with high and low vulnerability to EDs. Girls in fourth through si… Show more

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“…1,3 Of note, this association has been found in nonclinical samples across the age range from pre-adolescence 78,79,83 to late adolescence. 1,3 Of note, this association has been found in nonclinical samples across the age range from pre-adolescence 78,79,83 to late adolescence.…”
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confidence: 67%
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“…1,3 Of note, this association has been found in nonclinical samples across the age range from pre-adolescence 78,79,83 to late adolescence. 1,3 Of note, this association has been found in nonclinical samples across the age range from pre-adolescence 78,79,83 to late adolescence.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 67%
“…83 However, caution is warranted in interpreting findings given that small sample sizes and poorly validated measures of mentalization were a limitation of several studies. Thus far, the most replicated finding is that of emotion recognition difficulties in adolescent samples with eating disorders, particularly AN, although the heterogeneity of the samples in this subgroup of studies reduces the strength of this finding.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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