Personality and eating disorders

Westen, Dre W; Thompson‐Brenner, Heather; Peart, Joanne; Wonderlich, Steve; Mitchell, James E.; Zwaan, M. de; Steiger, Howard

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“…Previous studies have reported under-controlled emotions and impulses among individuals with bulimic symptoms (Westen & Harnden-Fischer, 2001; Westen, Thompson-Brenner, & Peart, 2006). Our findings suggest the importance of considering the role of impulsivity in adolescents who binge eat.…”

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Associations of neuroticism and impulsivity with binge eating in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States

Lee-Winn

Townsend

Reinblatt

et al. 2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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Binge eating behavior is a public health concern with serious physical and mental health consequences. Certain personality traits have been found to contribute to the development of eating disorders in clinical samples of youth, but little is known about associations between personality traits and binge eating in the general adolescent population. We examined the associations of neuroticism and impulsivity–both independently and in combination–with lifetime prevalence of binge eating, using nationally representative, cross-sectional data from the National Comorbidity Survey: Adolescent Supplement (n=437). Neuroticism and impulsivity were each significantly associated with lifetime prevalence of binge eating (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]=1.11, confidence interval [CI]=1.07, 1.15, p<0.001; aPR=1.06, CI=1.04, 1.09, p<0.001, respectively). The combination of high neuroticism and high impulsivity was associated with higher lifetime binge eating than the combination of low neuroticism and low impulsivity (aPR=3.72, CI=2.45, 5.65, p<0.001), and this association was stronger for female than male adolescents (females: aPR=5.37, CI=3.24, 8.91, p<0.001 vs. males: aPR=2.45, CI=1.43, 4.22, p=0.002). Our findings have implications for informing theories of etiology and interventions to target binge eating behaviors.

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Associations of neuroticism and impulsivity with binge eating in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States

Lee-Winn

Townsend

Reinblatt

et al. 2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Past research has consistently demonstrated a relationship between emotion dysregulation and disordered eating ( e.g ., Burns, Fischer, Jackson, & Harding, 2012; Lavender & Anderson, 2010; Lavender et al ., 2014 ; Merwin et al ., 2013; Racine & Wildes, 2013). Other research investigating the possible association between personality and eating disorders has found especially prevalent links between BPD and emotion dysregulation with bulimia nervosa and combined anorexia nervosa-bulimia nervosa (Westen, Thompson-Brenner, & Peart, 2006 ). Additional research has gone so far as to link selfinjury and disordered eating through emotion dysregulation, conceptualizing both as a bodily expression of internal emotion dysregulation (Muehlenkamp, Peat, Claes, & Smits, 2012).…”

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“…Patients first received a psychological evaluation from the TMA (Finn & Tonsager, 1997 ; Hilsenroth, 2007 ), which utilized a multi-method assessment and consisted of four steps, including three meetings between the patient and the clinician totalling approximately 4.5 hours, and one patient appointment to complete a battery of self-report measures. The three meetings included: i) a semistructured diagnostic interview (Westen & Muderrisoglu, 2003; Westen & Muderrisoglu, 2006 ); ii) an interview follow- up; and iii) a collaborative feedback session. The clinician and the patient also worked together to develop treatment goals and negotiate explicit treatment frames ( i.e ., scheduling session times, the frequency of treatment sessions, missed sessions and payment plan).…”

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Patient personality characteristics and therapeutic integration: treating borderline personality and emotionally dysregulated-dysphoric personality features

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Hilsenroth

Conway

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This study examines the relationship between patient personality characteristics and therapeutic integration. Within a sample of patients (N = 93) receiving outpatient psychodynamically- oriented psychotherapy, we assessed patient Borderline and Emotionally Dysregulated personality features through the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP-200), and therapeutic technique using the Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS) during an early treatment session. We examined personality dimensionally, psychotherapy interventions across different theoretical orientations, as well as psychotherapy integration. These analyses revealed an overlap between the Borderline Clinical Prototype and the Emotionally Dysregulated-Dysphoric Q-factor, with the former associated with higher use of integration and the latter associated with higher use of either psychodynamic- interpersonal or cognitive-behavioral interventions. Secondary analyses also indicated the greater presence of interventions oriented towards emotional exploration and to the didactic instruction of effective symptom coping techniques across both of these personality subtypes early in treatment. The key differences between these personality types, as well as the theoretical, empirical, and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Disturbed Eating Severity Scale (DESS) places disturbed eating risk on a continuum

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Personality and eating disorders

Cited by 14 publications

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Associations of neuroticism and impulsivity with binge eating in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States

Associations of neuroticism and impulsivity with binge eating in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States

Patient personality characteristics and therapeutic integration: treating borderline personality and emotionally dysregulated-dysphoric personality features

Disturbed Eating Severity Scale (DESS) places disturbed eating risk on a continuum

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