Addictive personality and maladaptive eating behaviors in adults seeking bariatric surgery
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This study examined the relationship between addictive personality and maladaptive eating behaviors in bariatric surgery candidates. Ninety-seven bariatric surgery candidates completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R) Addiction Scale, the Overeating Questionnaire (OQ), binge-eating questions from the Questionnaire of Eating and Weight Patterns (QEWP-R), and the Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Questionnaire. Participants with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) displayed addictive personality scores comparable to individuals addicted to substances (M=17.5, SD=5.3). Addictive personality was associated with Overeating (r=.45, p<.001), Cravings (r=.31, p=.005), Affective Disturbances (r=.62, p<.001) and Social Isolation (r=.53, p<.001). Addictive personality was associated with maladaptive eating behaviors, suggesting the potential for addictive eating.
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Changes in neuroendocrine hormones triggered by food restriction are dynamically associated with brain DA signalling, and addictive personality is related to maladaptive eating behaviours following bariatric surgery.
“This is consistent with preclinical (40) and clinical (41) studies showing dynamic associations between the changes in neuroendocrine hormones (e.g. insulin, leptin, ghrelin) triggered by food restriction and brain DA signalling and those of recent reports of a relationship between addictive personality and maladaptive eating behaviours following bariatric surgery (42,43).”
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- Authors
- Lent, M. R., & Swencionis, C.
- Affiliations
- Yeshiva University (US)
- Venue
- Eating Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 67-70
- ISSN
- 1471-0153 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2082635873
- Cited by
- 36
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- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Eating Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- addictive personality, maladaptive eating behaviors, bariatric surgery candidates, binge eating disorder, overeating, food cravings, mood disorders, social isolation, food addiction, obesity
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Eating, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Personality, Cohort Studies, Behavior, Addictive, Bariatric Surgery
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