Relationships among attachment styles, personality characteristics, and disordered eating

Eggert, Janet; Levendosky, Alytia A.; Klump, Kelly L.

doi:10.1002/eat.20351

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“…The NEO-PI-R has proven to exhibit good convergent validity between community and psychiatric samples (Bagby et al 1999). In addition, it has demonstrated strong internal consistency (0.86-0.92) and testretest reliability (0.79-0.83) (Costa and McCrae 1992;Eggert et al 2007;Santor et al 1997). In the study reported here, internal consistencies of all subscales ranged between Cronbach's a = 0.51 and a = 0.92.…”

Section: Neo-personality Inventory-revised (Neo-pi-r)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality Pathology of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment in Comparison to Adults With Personality Disorders

Strunz

Westphal

Ritter

et al. 2014

J Autism Dev Disord

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Differentiating autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) without accompanying intellectual impairment from personality disorders is often challenging. Identifying personality traits and personality pathology specific to ASD might facilitate diagnostic procedure. We recruited a sample of 59 adults with ASD without accompanying intellectual impairment, 62 individuals with narcissistic personality disorder, 80 individuals with borderline personality disorder, and 106 nonclinical controls. Personality traits, measured with the neo-personality inventory-revised (NEO-PI-R), and personality pathology, measured with the dimensional assessment of personality pathology (DAPP-BQ), were assessed. Personality traits and personality pathology specific to ASD could be identified. ASD individuals scored significantly lower on the NEO-PI-R scales extraversion and openness to experience and significantly higher on the DAPP-BQ scales inhibitedness and compulsivity relative to all other groups. Diagnostic implications are discussed.

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Section: Neo-personality Inventory-revised (Neo-pi-r)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality Pathology of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment in Comparison to Adults With Personality Disorders

Strunz

Westphal

Ritter

et al. 2014

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…In a cross-sectional study with a clinical sample, Fossati et al (2005) concluded that impulsive and aggressive traits mediated the relationship between adult attachment patterns and BPD features. In addition, Eggert, Levendosky, and Klump (2007) recently reported that trait neuroticism and extraversion mediated the relationship between insecure-resistant adult attachment (analogous to preoccupied attachment) and disordered eating. Even though causality and primacy cannot be inferred from cross-sectional data, these results lend support to a model in which the relationship between attachment and BPD might be mediated by personality traits.…”

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Adult Attachment, Personality Traits, and Borderline Personality Disorder Features in Young Adults

Scott

Levy²,

Pincus³

2009

Journal of Personality Disorders

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Previous studies have demonstrated that insecure attachment patterns and a trait disposition toward negative affect and impulsivity are both associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. According to attachment theory, insecure attachment patterns impart greater risk for the maladaptive personality traits underlying BPD. Hence, insecure attachment might be indirectly related to BPD through its association with these traits. The current cross-sectional study used structural equation modeling to compare two competing models of the relationship between adult attachment patterns, trait negative affect and impulsivity, and BPD features in a large nonclinical sample of young adults: (M1) attachment anxiety and avoidance are positively related to trait negative affect and impulsivity, which in turn, are directly associated with BPD features; and (M2) trait negative affect and impulsivity are positively related to attachment anxiety and avoidance, which in turn, are directly associated with BPD features. Consistent with attachment theory, M1 provided a better fit to the data than M2. However, only attachment anxiety, and not attachment avoidance, was significantly associated with negative affect and impulsivity. The results favored a model in which the relationship between adult attachment anxiety and BPD features is fully mediated by trait negative affect and impulsivity.

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“…Eggert and collaborators showed that in healthy population attachment insecurity and body dissatisfaction could be both explained by considering personality traits [29]. Abbate-Daga et al explored a clinical group and came to different conclusions.…”

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Body Image Development within the Family: Attachment Dynamics and Parental Attitudes in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

Amianto¹

2017

Acta Psychopathol

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Context: Body image is the subjective representation of one's own body and has different component. Body dissatisfaction is linked to low self-esteem and unhealthy behaviors and it is recognized to be at the core of eating disorders psychopathology, therefore many studies search for its determinants. Family is the critical environment where early development and psychological maturation occur and family dynamics seem to play a significant role in body image development. Objective and methods:The scope of this mini-review is to offer a general understanding of the recent research on body image and family functioning. Papers from 2000 and 2017 were selected to represent the different areas of inquiry on the subject, mainly parental attitudes and attachment. Results and conclusion:Many studies seem to indicate a definite role for the relationships within the family in buffering negative environmental pressures and promoting body image satisfaction. Family interactions can have lasting effects on body image which are understood in attachment theory by mean of the internalization of stable working models. Treatment and prevention program for body image concern should emphasize the relevance of positive early interactions and the detrimental effect of the focus on idealized body standards.

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Relationships among attachment styles, personality characteristics, and disordered eating

Abstract: These results suggest that relationships between attachment style and disordered eating are indirect, in that neuroticism fully mediates associations between insecure-resistant attachment and disordered eating.

Cited by 75 publications

References 42 publications

Personality Pathology of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment in Comparison to Adults With Personality Disorders

Personality Pathology of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment in Comparison to Adults With Personality Disorders

Adult Attachment, Personality Traits, and Borderline Personality Disorder Features in Young Adults

Body Image Development within the Family: Attachment Dynamics and Parental Attitudes in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

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