Emotion in Eating Disorders.
Emotion in Eating Disorders.
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Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2012 Oct 18;
Treasure J
Clusters of Personality Disorder Cognitions in the Eating Disorders.
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Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2012 Oct 19;
Waller G, Ormonde L, Kuteyi Y
This study examined whether comorbid personality disorder pathology in the eating disorders clusters into broader patterns, and whether those clusters have clinical validity in terms of levels of eating pathology and axis 1 comorbidity. The sample consisted of 214 eating-disordered women who completed measures of personality disorder cognitions, eating pathology and axis 1 pathology at assessment. Three clusters of eating disorder patients emerged-low levels of personality pathology overall, high levels of cognitions underpinning anxiety-based personality pathology, and high levels of all of the dimensions of personality pathology. These groups were validated by differences in levels of eating cognitions and axis 1 pathology. Personality disorder cognitions are clinically relevant to the eating disorders, but they might best be understood as broader sets of cognitions (‘anxiety-centred’ and ‘general’), rather than in terms of individual personality disorder comorbidity or existing DSM personality disorder clusters. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
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Safety Behaviours in Eating Disorders: Factor Structure and Clinical Validation of the Brief Safety Behaviours Scale.
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Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2012 Oct 19;
Waller G, Kyriacou Marcoulides O
This study examined the utility of a transdiagnostic measure of safety behaviours [Brief Safety Behaviours Scale (BSBS)] in eating disorders. Prior to treatment, a group of 102 women with eating disorders completed the BSBS and well-validated measures of eating pathology, anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty. The BSBS had three factors, suggesting that avoidant, checking and social safety behaviours are distinct constructs in the eating disorders. This three-scale scoring system showed greater clinical precision in correlations with eating pathology than the original two-scale version. The pattern of safety behaviours in the eating disorders is more specific than had previously been shown in other clinical samples. While it is important to consider eating-related safety behaviours in the eating disorders (e.g. restriction, body checking), it is also necessary to consider the role of generic safety behaviours when assessing, formulating and treating eating disorders. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
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