Personality traits in overweight and obese women: Associations with BMI and eating behaviors

Provencher, Véronique; Bégin, Catherine; Gagnon‐Girouard, Marie‐Pierre; Tremblay, Angelo; Boivin, Sonia; Lemieux, Simone

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.10.004

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“…sweet and savoury foods in the present study conducted in the province of Quebec, Canada vs. sweet and non-sweet foods in the study of Konttinen et al [10] conducted in Finland), could be suggested as an explanation for this difference. In accordance with our findings, the presence of depressive symptoms has been previously associated with higher levels of disinhibition [25]- [28], Table 3. Summary statistics for multiple regression analyses predicting energy intake and savoury foods with eating behaviors and attitudes as a mediator (n = 242).…”

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“…Dependent variables β t-value (Sig) R [28]. The subscales of the Intuitive Eating Scale were all negatively associated with the level of depressive symptoms, which suggested that women with higher level of depressive symptoms, or presenting a lower psychological well-being [31], ate less intuitively.…”

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“…The presence of depressive symptoms has been positively associated with specific eating psychopathology [24], as well as to dysfunctional eating behaviors and attitudes [10] [15] [25] [29], as assessed by the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). For example, depressive symptoms have been associated with disinhibition [25]- [28], emotional susceptibility to disinhibition (a subscale of disinhibition) [10], emotional eating [15] [29], susceptibility to hunger [25] [27] [28], but not with cognitive dietary restraint [25] [26] [28]. In addition, cluster groups formed on the basis of lower and higher negative affect (defined as low self-esteem and high depressive symptoms) have shown that women characterized by a higher negative affect ate more after a negative mood induction than the lower negative affect group, suggesting that these women could be more vulnerable to overeating [30].…”

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Depressive Symptoms and Food Intake among Weight-Preoccupied Women: Do Eating Behaviors and Attitudes or BMI Mediate This Association?

Maltais-Giguère¹,

Bégin²,

Gagnon‐Girouard³

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Associations between depressive symptoms, dysfunctional eating behaviors and attitudes, higher food intake and body mass index (BMI) have been previously observed. However, few studies have assessed these variables in the same study. The first objective is to compare, in a natural setting environment, the profile of women reporting lower or higher levels of depressive symptoms in terms of food intake, eating behaviors and attitudes, and BMI. The second objective is to test mediational models for which the link between depressive symptoms and food intake would be mediated by eating behaviors and attitudes or BMI. Weight-preoccupied women were recruited (n = 323), and their level of depressive symptoms was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory. The median score was used to create two groups (lower ≤ 13; higher > 13). A web-based foodfrequency questionnaire, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, and the Intuitive Eating Scale were completed. BMI was calculated from reported body weight and height. Compared to women with a lower level of depressive symptoms, those with a higher level of depressive symptoms reported a higher energy intake (p = 0.02), and a higher consumption of savoury foods (p = 0.02). These women also had higher scores of disinhibition (p < 0.0001) and susceptibility to hunger (p = 0.0002), ate less intuitively (p < 0.03), and had a higher BMI (p = 0.005). Association between depressive symptoms and energy intake was mediated by disinhibition, susceptibility to hunger and eating for physical rather than emotional reasons, while the role of BMI was less clear. Regarding another component of food intake, association between depressive symptoms and consumption of savoury foods was mediated by disinhibition and eating for physical rather than emotional reasons. In summary, it seems essential to be aware of the presence of depressive symptoms and J. Maltais-Giguère et al. 2803 to pay attention to eating behaviors and attitudes in interventions among weight-preoccupied women.

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Depressive Symptoms and Food Intake among Weight-Preoccupied Women: Do Eating Behaviors and Attitudes or BMI Mediate This Association?

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Bégin²,

Gagnon‐Girouard³

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“…Various psychometric tools were used: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [14,15,16,17,18,19], the Karolinska Scale of Personality [20,21,22,23,24], the NEO Five-Factor Inventory [25,26], and the Dutch Personality Inventory [27,28,29]. Although these studies confirmed that severely obese people have heterogeneous personality traits, they arrived at conflicting results [12,13].…”

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An Exploratory Study to Subtype Obese Binge Eaters by Personality Traits

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Fassino

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Background: Obesity and binge eating disorder (BED) are prevalent conditions that severely affect the quality of life of many people in developed countries, but an effective treatment remains elusive. Personality traits have been studied extensively in this population, leading to different, and at times conflicting, results. Subtyping BED people along these features could add to our knowledge of the disorder. Methods: We applied a two-step cluster analysis, followed by bootstrapping validation, to the Temperament and Character Inventory scores of 462 subjects affected by obesity and BED or subthreshold BED. Results: We found two clusters of subjects; however, the categorization in clusters 1 and 2 did not appear to strictly overlap with the distinction between BED and subthreshold BED. The first cluster showed higher harm avoidance and a lower self-directedness. Cluster 1 patients had higher depression, higher eating impulsivity, greater problems with their body image and poorer quality of life than cluster 2 patients. Conclusions: Our results seem to confirm the heterogeneity of the binge eater population and suggest the importance of harm avoidance and self-directedness to subtype these subjects. These results could generate exploratory works regarding personality in obese people with BED to discover more targeted treatments.

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“…For example, Tylka (51) demonstrated that a higher neuroticism was associated with body image disturbance. In addition, Provencher et al (50) demonstrated that for overweight and obese women a higher level of neuroticism was predictive of higher Disinhibition, Restraint and Hunger scores. In the present study, the association of high Disinhibition and high Restraint with a higher neuroticism and low extroversion is apparent in normal weight women and it is hypothesized that this combination of personality and eating behaviour traits can lead to an increased likelihood of disturbed eating behaviour which is reflected in the higher EAT-26 score of this group.…”

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Interaction between Disinhibition and Restraint: Implications for body weight and eating disturbance

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Personality traits in overweight and obese women: Associations with BMI and eating behaviors

Cited by 78 publications

References 36 publications

Depressive Symptoms and Food Intake among Weight-Preoccupied Women: Do Eating Behaviors and Attitudes or BMI Mediate This Association?

Depressive Symptoms and Food Intake among Weight-Preoccupied Women: Do Eating Behaviors and Attitudes or BMI Mediate This Association?

An Exploratory Study to Subtype Obese Binge Eaters by Personality Traits

Interaction between Disinhibition and Restraint: Implications for body weight and eating disturbance

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