Alexithymia and body image in adult outpatients with binge eating disorder

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Alexithymia and body image in adult outpatients with binge eating disorder
المؤلفون: Carla Cotellessa, Daniela Campanella, Gabriele Salini, Raffaella La Rovere, Domenico De Berardis, Cinzia di Paolo, Alessandro Carano, Francesco Gambi, Lucia Pelusi, Filippo Maria Ferro, Gianna Sepede, R.M. Salerno, Enrico Mancini
المصدر: International Journal of Eating Disorders. 39:332-340
بيانات النشر: Wiley, 2006.
سنة النشر: 2006
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Comorbidity, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Alexithymia, Rating scale, Binge-eating disorder, Body Image, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Affective Symptoms, Bulimia Nervosa, Psychiatry, Analysis of Variance, medicine.diagnostic_test, Binge eating, Beck Depression Inventory, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Self Concept, Psychiatry and Mental health, Italy, Linear Models, Female, Binge Eating Scale, medicine.symptom, Psychology
الوصف: Objective The current study elucidates the relations between alexithymia and body image in patients with binge eating disorder (BED). Method One hundred one patients with BED were evaluated. Alexithymia was measured with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The severity of BED was measured with the Binge Eating Scale (BES). Body concerns were assessed with the Body Shape Questionnaire-Short Version (BSQ-S), the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT), and the Body Attitude Test (BAT). Additional measures were the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results The prevalence of alexithymia in our sample was 39.6% (n = 40) and individuals with alexithymia showed higher scores on all rating scales. Higher body dissatisfaction, lower self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and the Difficulty in Identifying Feelings/Difficulty in Describing Feelings subscales of the TAS-20 were predictors of the severity of BED in the linear regression analysis. Conclusion Alexithymia was associated with more severe BED. Individuals with alexithymia and BED exhibited significantly poorer appearance evaluation and body satisfaction as well as higher depressive symptoms than individuals without alexithymia. © 2006 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Int J Eat Disord, 2006
تدمد: 1098-108X
0276-3478
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2fa8e8bf6bdc77f87bedceb81a53b8d0
https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20238
حقوق: CLOSED
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....2fa8e8bf6bdc77f87bedceb81a53b8d0
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE