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Temperament in eating disorders
Author(s) -
Bulik Cynthia M.,
Sullivan Patrick F.,
Weltzin Theodore E.,
Kaye Walter H.
Publication year - 1995
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(199504)17:3<251::aid-eat2260170306>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - temperament , harm avoidance , anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa , psychology , personality , reward dependence , novelty seeking , eating disorders , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology
This study examined dimensional personality and temperamental characteristics in women with eating disorders. Clinical symptoms, personality, and temperament were examined in 30 women with anorexia nervosa (AN), 32 women with bulimia nervosa with no history of anorexia nervosa (BN), and 20 women with comorbid anorexia and bulimia nervosa (AB). Temperament differed markedly across the groups on the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) with AN women showing greater reward dependence, BN women scoring higher on novelty seeking subscales, and AB women showing high harm avoidance. The TPQ subscales also displayed higher classification accuracy than other personality and symptom measures. Temperamental features are distinct across eating disorder subtypes. Temperament could reflect differential vulnerabilities for the development of specific eating disorder symptom clusters. © 1995 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.