Anger and personality in eating disorders

Fassino, Secondo; Abbate-Daga, Giovanni; Pierò, Andrea; Leombruni, Paolo; Rovera, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(01)00280-x

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“…These findings are contrary to clinical studies where bulimia patients tend to exhibit more anger and irritability compared to anorexic patients [41,42]. This may be explainable because the psychological manifestations between both disorders are increasingly seen as distinct for diagnosis and treatment especially when observed over time [43].…”

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An Exploration of Eating Disorders and Emotional States: An Infodemiological Study of Tweets Among Followers of Pro-Eating Disorder Sites

Whitney¹,

Hovey²,

Partington³

et al. 2017

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An Exploration of Eating Disorders and Emotional States: An Infodemiological Study of Tweets Among Followers of Pro-Eating Disorder Sites

Whitney¹,

Hovey²,

Partington³

et al. 2017

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“…Conversely, patients with anorexia nervosa score high in persistence and have very strict and rigid patterns of food intake. [17][18][19][20][21] Obese persons who sought treatment at our weight management program scored higher in reward dependence and cooperativeness than our sample of obese persons from the community. These personality characteristics are found in people who tend to be dedicated and sociable (high reward dependence score), tolerant, fair and supportive (high cooperativeness score).…”

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“…For example, a high score in novelty seeking was associated with binging or overeating, whereas a low score was associated with a low appetite and decreased food consumption. [17][18][19][20][21][22] Moreover, the TCI was able to identify specific components of personality that were associated with a rapid and sustained response to cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia. 23 The purpose of the present study was to use the TCI to (1) identify differences in personality characteristics between lean and obese persons, (2) determine whether personality characteristics in obese patients seeking weight loss therapy are different from those not seeking weight loss therapy and (3) determine whether specific components of personality are associated with successful behavioral therapy-induced weight loss.…”

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Personality characteristics in obesity and relationship with successful weight loss

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Objective: Personality influences lifestyle behaviors. Therefore, certain personality traits could contribute to obesity and the response to behaviorally based weight loss therapy. Purpose: The aims of this study were to test the hypothesis that personality characteristics differ between lean and obese persons in the community, obese persons in the community and obese persons seeking weight loss therapy by enrolling in a comprehensive weight loss program, and in obese persons who were successful and unsuccessful in achieving behavioral therapy-induced weight loss. Methods: The Temperament and Character Inventory was administered to 264 lean (body mass index (BMI) o25 kg/m 2 ) and 56 obese (BMIX35 kg/m 2 ) subjects from the St Louis community and 183 obese patients (BMI ¼ 44710 kg/m 2 ) enrolled in the Washington University Weight Management Program (WUWMP), which involved weekly group behavioral therapy and diet education sessions for 22 weeks. Results: Compared with lean subjects, obese subjects in the community scored higher in novelty seeking (19.775.9 vs 16.276.0, Po0.05), lower in Persistence (4.171.8 vs 4.871.7, Po0.05) and lower in self-directedness (32.177.6 vs 34.376.6, Po0.05.) Patients enrolled in the WUWMP scored higher than obese persons in the general population in both Reward Dependence (17.174.2 vs 15.774.3, Po0.05) and cooperativeness (36.975.4 vs 34.576.2, Po0.05). Patients who were successful in losing weight (410% weight loss) after 22 weeks of behavioral therapy scored lower in novelty seeking than those who were unsuccessful in losing weight (o5% weight loss) (17.675.9 vs 20.275.9, Po0.05). Discussion: These results suggest that personality traits differ between lean and obese persons, and between obese persons who enroll and who do not enroll in a comprehensive weight management program. Moreover, high scores in novelty seeking are associated with decreased success in achieving behavioral therapy-induced weight loss.

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“…Others have found a positive relationship between the anger trait and anger held in and chronic symptoms suffered by patients of posttraumatic stress (Lasko et al, 1994;Tschannen et al, 1992). High levels of anger have also been associated with psychological disorders like anorexia and bulimia nervosa (Fassino et al, 2001), or borderline personality disorder (Nothmann, 1999). Finally, different patterns of anger expression have been studied in relation to socially relevant issues like criminal personality (Slaton et al, 2000), sexual offense (Dalton et al, 1998), aggressive behavior in adolescents (Peters, 1998), drug addiction (De Moja and Spielberger, 1997) or marital maltreatment (Barbour et al, 1998).…”

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Genetic Analysis of Anger: Genetic Dominance or Competitive Sibling Interaction

Rebollo

Boomsma

2006

Behav Genet

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The knowledge of the causes and development of anger is still scarce. Previous studies on the sources of variance on Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) related measures found variable heritability estimates ranging from 0.12 to 0.68, and large differences between MZ and DZ correlations. Some authors considered dominance genetic effects, competitive sibling interaction and sex differences as possible mechanisms to explain the results, but most studies lacked power. The present study uses a large sample of more than 2500 families, with longitudinal data from MZ and DZ pairs as well as their parents, to disentangle the sources of variance on anger. Model Fitting results showed that the sources of variance differ across sexes. For males 23% of the variance is due to additive genetic effects, and 26% to dominance genetic effects. For females 34% of the variance is due to additive genetic effects, and no dominance effects are found. There was no consistent evidence to confirm the presence of competitive sibling interaction as an alternative explanation for the low correlations in DZ males. The focus of research on the prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk through psychological characteristics has recently changed from the multidimensional TABP to its emotional component: Anger. Understanding the sources of individual differences on anger can help to clarify the mechanisms that link it with CHD and its possible implications for treatment and prevention.

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Anger and personality in eating disorders

Cited by 106 publications

References 32 publications

An Exploration of Eating Disorders and Emotional States: An Infodemiological Study of Tweets Among Followers of Pro-Eating Disorder Sites

An Exploration of Eating Disorders and Emotional States: An Infodemiological Study of Tweets Among Followers of Pro-Eating Disorder Sites

Personality characteristics in obesity and relationship with successful weight loss

Genetic Analysis of Anger: Genetic Dominance or Competitive Sibling Interaction

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