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Self‐oriented perfectionism in eating disorders
Author(s) -
CastroFornieles Josefina,
Gual Pilar,
Lahortiga Francisca,
Gila Araceli,
Casulà Vanesa,
Fuhrmann Cynthia,
Imirizaldu Milagros,
Saura Begoña,
Martínez Esteve,
Toro Josep
Publication year - 2007
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/eat.20393
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , eating disorders , anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa , psychology , anxiety , population , eating disorder inventory , clinical psychology , psychiatry , eating attitudes test , anxiety disorder , medicine , environmental health
Objective: To assess perfectionism dimensions in eating disorders in comparison with other psychiatric disorders and subjects from the general population. Method: The Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS), the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI‐2), and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were administered to a group of 108 female eating‐disordered patients (75 anorexia nervosa and 33 bulimia nervosa), to a group of 86 female psychiatric patients with anxiety ( N = 32), depressive ( N = 38), or adaptive disorders ( N = 16), and to 213 healthy female participants. Results: Both bulimic and anorexic patients scored higher on Self‐Oriented Perfectionism ( p < 0.001) than the other two groups but not on Socially‐Prescribed Perfectionism ( p = 0.054). Among patients with eating disorder, 17.6% obtained a score two standard deviations higher than the mean in the healthy comparison group on self‐oriented perfectionism; this percentage was significantly higher than in the other two groups. The percentage of eating disorder patients with high socially‐prescribed perfectionism was similar to that found in other psychiatric disorders. Moreover, self‐oriented perfectionism was a predictor of an eating disorder. Conclusion: Self‐oriented perfectionism is more specific to eating disorders than to depressive or anxiety disorders. © 2007 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.