Eating disorders and personality, 2004–2016: A systematic review and meta-analysis

‘I can’t accept that feeling’: Relationships between interoceptive awareness, mindfulness and eating disorder symptoms in females with, and at-risk of an eating disorder

“…In the current study we used the DERS impulse control difficulties scale in place of the BIS-11 scale used in Study 2 to more precisely examine the role of impulse control related to emotional context in the relationship between mindfulness and eating disorder core symptoms. Although there is ample evidence of the relationship between impulsivity as measured by the BIS-11 and symptoms of anorexia and bulimia nervosa (Farstad, McGeown, & von Ranson, 2016;Meule, 2013) this evidence pertains to impulsivity as a broader personality construct and not as a facet of emotion regulation as conceived by Gratz & Roemer (2004). By using the DERS-IMP in place of the BIS-11 in study 3 we created the opportunity to examine impulse control as a facet of emotion regulation in accord with recent conceptualisations of its presentation in eating disorders (Brockmeyer et al, 2014;Lavender & Anderson, 2010;.…”

Personality and eating and weight disorders: an open research challenge

“…To date, it is known that the most frequent specific PD diagnoses in both adults [11][12][13][14] and adolescents [15,16] with EWDs are the avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, and borderline PDs. In addition, the avoidant and obsessive-compulsive PDs are among the most frequently diagnosed PDs in restricting anorexia nervosa (AN-r), whereas borderline and avoidant PDs are commonly diagnosed in people with binge-eating/purging AN (AN-bp), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and obesity [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

“…In addition, the avoidant and obsessive-compulsive PDs are among the most frequently diagnosed PDs in restricting anorexia nervosa (AN-r), whereas borderline and avoidant PDs are commonly diagnosed in people with binge-eating/purging AN (AN-bp), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and obesity [11][12][13][14][15][16]. People with EWDs tend to be characterized by elevated perfectionism, sensitivity to social rewards, impulsiveness, and affective instability, and these features appear to discriminate patients from controls [12,13]. Differences across EWD conditions also seem to exist, with the current evidence revealing that perfectionism and fear of criticism are more recurrent in AN-r, whereas affective instability and emotional dysregulation are more evidenced in AN-bp and BN [13].…”

“…In the last 2 decades, many research groups have focused on the role of personality in EWDs, with recent systematic and meta-analytic reviews of the literature highlighting the common comorbidity of personality disorders (PDs) in EWDs and suggesting the impact of personality (traits and disorders) in EWDs clinical course and treatment outcome [11][12][13].…”

“…People with EWDs tend to be characterized by elevated perfectionism, sensitivity to social rewards, impulsiveness, and affective instability, and these features appear to discriminate patients from controls [12,13]. Differences across EWD conditions also seem to exist, with the current evidence revealing that perfectionism and fear of criticism are more recurrent in AN-r, whereas affective instability and emotional dysregulation are more evidenced in AN-bp and BN [13]. Although research on BED (recently recognized as a distinct diagnostic category in the DSM-5) is still limited [13], some studies suggested that (obese and nonobese) patients with BED endorse comparable levels of affective instability to those with BN [2,17,18], and indicated that this variable predicts BED and BN severity [17,18].…”