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Comparison of personality risk factors in bulimia nervosa and pathological gambling.

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Álvarez-Moya, Eva M., Jiménez-Murcia, Susana, Granero, Roser, Vallejo, Julio, Krug, Isabel, Bulik, Cynthia M., Fernández-Aranda, Fernando·2007·Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Objective The objective of the study was to assess the predictive value of personality profiles to classify individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN), pathological gambling (PG), and a nonpsychiatric comparison group while controlling for sex.Methods The sample comprised 270 BN (241 women, 29 men), 429 PG (42 women, 387 men), and 96 comparison (nonpsychiatric) subjects (35 women, 61 men). All patients were consecutively admitted to our Psychiatry Department and were diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision criteria. We administered the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised as well as other clinical indices. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models adjusted for age and stratified by sex were used to assess the predictive value of personality in relation to group status.Results In comparison to controls, high Novelty Seeking (P < .001) was specifically associated with a diagnosis of PG. Independently of sex, low Self-Directedness was associated with both BN (P < .001) and PG (P < .001). Some sex-specific differences were also observed; namely, women with BN and PG displayed higher Harm Avoidance and Cooperativeness than control women, whereas men with PG reported higher Reward Dependence and Persistence than control men.Conclusions Our results suggested that, whereas there are some shared personality traits between BN and PG when compared with healthy controls, there are also some sex- and diagnostic-specific personality traits that weigh against the consideration of BN as an impulse control disorder.

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Álvarez-Moya, E. M., Jiménez-Murcia, S., Granero, R., Vallejo, J., Krug, I., Bulik, C. M., & Fernández-Aranda, F.
Affiliations
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Venue
Comprehensive Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-09
Volume
48
Issue
5
Pages
452-457
ISSN
0010-440X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2158500169
Cited by
81
References
49
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FWCI
4.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Comprehensive Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
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  • UNC Libraries
Funders
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
bulimia nervosa, gambling addiction, personality traits, Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised, novelty seeking, self-direction, harm avoidance, reward dependence, sex differences, impulse control disorders, diagnostic classification
MeSH terms
Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Gambling, Humans, Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders, Male, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Bulimia Nervosa

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