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Bulimia, anorexia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa with bulimia: A comparative analysis of MMPI profiles
Author(s) -
Norman Dennis K.,
Herzog David B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198321)2:2<43::aid-eat2260020205>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - anorectic , psychology , anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa , anorexia , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , eating disorders , psychiatry , clinical psychology , personality , depression (economics) , body weight , medicine , psychoanalysis , economics , macroeconomics
The MMPI profiles of thirty‐nine outpatient females were contrasted by diagnosis using DSM III criteria for bulimia and anorexia nervosa. The study sample was divided into three groups: restricting anorectics, bulimic anorectics and normal‐weight bulimics. All three groups were highly correlated with each other (D 2 =.841 —.945). Although depression was the peak scale for both anorectic groups, the bulimic anorectics were more depressed. The psychopathic deviate scale was the peak scale for the normal‐weight bulimic sample. These findings reveal: 1) a similar constellation of personality features in each of the eating disorders; 2) that the depression scale is highly salient to both anorectic groups and the psychopathic deviate scale to both bulimic groups.