Possible explanatory models are advanced to account for this pattern of findings, focusing on the possible use of exercise as an affect regulation strategy among anorexia nervosa patients. Further research is suggested to test and develop this model, and possible clinical implications are outlined.

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The influence of the AN subtype in BN/AN+ patients is worthy of further study as it might have clinical implications.

The clinician's challenge is to help eating disorders patients to develop an unyielding sense of responsibility and self-acceptance, aimed to integrate the therapeutic choice into their own intrapersonal frame of goals.