Emotion recognition and alexithymia in females with non-clinical disordered eating

Ridout, Nathan; Thom, C.; Wallis, Deborah J.

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.07.008

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“…This is consistent with previous findings in other non-clinical samples (Jones et al, 2009;Ridout et al, 2010; and patients with clinical eating disorders (Jänsch et al, 2009;Kucharska-Pietura et al, 2004;Pollatos et al, 2008). However, contrary to predictions, this deficit was not more evident for negative emotions; although the high EDI group did recognise significantly fewer fear expressions than did the low EDI group, the largest group difference was for neutral expressions.…”

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“…The finding that facial emotion recognition correlated with scores on the EDI subscales is consistent with previous work (e.g. Ridout et al, 2010;. However, our finding that it was drive for thinness and not alexithymia that was the key factor explaining variations in facial emotion recognition is not consistent with previous work (e.g.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…This deficit is also evident when participants are restricted to viewing just the eyes (Harrison et al, 2010a;2010b;Russell et al, 2009). Furthermore, similar impairments have been observed in non-clinical participants who could be considered 'at risk' of developing eating disorders (Jones et al, 2009;Ridout et al, 2010;. However, it should be noted that other studies have found no evidence of impaired facial emotion recognition in patients with eating disorders.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…A further aim was to determine if the bias related to initial orientation or prolonged engagement (delayed disengagement). We also aimed to confirm previous findings (Jones et al, 2009;Ridout et al, 2010; of impaired facial emotion recognition in healthy participants with relatively high levels of eating disorder-related symptoms.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Previous work by Ridout et al (2010) revealed that scores above 15 on the body dissatisfaction can be considered high relative to the published norms for nonclinical female samples (Garner, 1991). This measure has been used successfully in student populations (Laquatra and Clopton, 1994;Quinton and Wagner, 2005;Ridout et al, 2010;. Reliability was confirmed in the current sample, as Cronbach's alpha values of 0.89, 0.88 and 0.92 were found for the Drive for thinness, Bulimia, and Body dissatisfaction subscales respectively.…”

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confidence: 88%

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The influence of variations in eating disorder-related symptoms on processing of emotional faces in a non-clinical female sample: An eye-tracking study

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The influence of variations in eating disorder-related symptoms on processing of emotional faces in a non-clinical female sample: an eye-tracking study 1 1FACE PROCESSING AND DISORDERED EATING , Psychiatry Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016Research, http://dx.doi.org/10. /j.psychres.2016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. non-clinical samples. They also displayed biased attention away from emotional faces during later strategic processing, which is consistent with previously observed impairments in clinical samples. These differences were related to drive-for-thinness.Although we found no evidence of a bias towards angry faces, it is plausible that the observed impairments in emotion recognition and avoidance of emotional faces could disrupt social functioning and act as a risk factor for the development of eating disorders.

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Visual Attention to Ambiguous Emotional Faces in Eating Disorders: Role of Alexithymia

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Eating disorders (EDs) are often accompanied by social-emotional problems. Recently, alexithymia has been suggested to explain objective emotion processing deficits in EDs. We tested if elevated levels of alexithymia may explain emotional face-processing problems in a mixed ED group (N = 24, 19 with anorexia and five with bulimia), comparing them with high-alexithymic (N = 25) and low-alexithymic healthy controls (N = 25). Participants judged the mixture ratio of clear and ambiguous facial emotion blends while eye movements were recorded. The ED group was less accurate judging ambiguous blends containing anger or disgust and attended less to the faces compared with low-alexithymic controls. Reduced attention to faces, in particular the eye region, was linked to confusion with ambiguous anger and disgust in the ED group only. Although significant group differences only emerged compared with low-alexithymic controls, the visual attention patterns underlying the ED group's problems with subtle anger and disgust expressions were not driven by alexithymia. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

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Emotion recognition and alexithymia in females with non-clinical disordered eating

Cited by 58 publications

References 26 publications

The influence of variations in eating disorder-related symptoms on processing of emotional faces in a non-clinical female sample: An eye-tracking study

The influence of variations in eating disorder-related symptoms on processing of emotional faces in a non-clinical female sample: An eye-tracking study

Social–emotional functioning in young people with symptoms of eating disorders: A gender inclusive analogue study

Visual Attention to Ambiguous Emotional Faces in Eating Disorders: Role of Alexithymia

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