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Demographic and clinical correlates of selective information processing in patients with bulimia nervosa
Author(s) -
Cooper Myra J.,
Fairburn Christopher G.
Publication year - 1993
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(199301)13:1<109::aid-eat2260130113>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , psychology , anorexia nervosa , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , eating disorders , developmental psychology
Demographic and clinical correlates of interference with color‐naming words related to eating, weight, and shape were investigated in 75 patients with bulimia nervosa. Interference with color‐naming was related to two measures, overall level of psychiatric symptoms and frequency of purging. Multiple regression analysis showed that frequency of purging, and not level of general psychiatric symptoms, was the best predictor of interference. Thus, as would be predicted by cognitive theories, interference appears to be most closely related to features specific to bulimia nervosa rather than to measures of general psychopathology. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.