Temperament and character profile of eating disorders: A controlled study with the Temperament and Character Inventory

International Journal of Eating Disorders - Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 412-425 - 2002
Secondo Fassino1, Giovanni Abbate‐Daga1, Federico Amianto1, Paolo Leombruni1, S. Boggio1, Gian Giacomo Rovera1
1Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Section, Service for Eating Disorders, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

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AbstractObjectiveThe question whether anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are different disorders or the extremes of a psychopathologic spectrum still has no definite answer. A way to face this problem is to examine the personality traits underlying these disorders.MethodThe Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) was administered to 141 anorectics (70 Restrictor and 71 Binge‐purging), to 102 bulimics, and to 100 controls. The Temperament and Character Inventory main scales are Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, Reward Dependence, Persistence, Self‐Directedness, Cooperativeness, and Self‐Transcendence.ResultsThe personality profiles that emerged are characterized by low Novelty Seeking, high Harm Avoidance, high Persistence, and low Self‐Directedness in AN, and by high Novelty Seeking, high Harm Avoidance, and low Self‐Directedness in BN. Binge‐purging anorectics showed a personality profile midway between anorectics and bulimics.DiscussionThe dimensional study of personality through the TCI and its facets seems effective in discriminating the personality traits underlying the different subtypes of Eating Disorders. The hypothesis of an Eating Disorders spectrum and its clinical implications are discussed. © 2002 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 32: 412–425, 2002.

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International Journal of Eating Disorders

Tập 32 Số 4

412-425

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