Disordered eating attitudes, alexithymia and suicide probability among Turkish high school girls

Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi; Soylu, Nusret; AVCI, Kadriye; Coşkun, Kerem Şenol; Kocak, Uğur; Taş, Hanife Uzel

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.052

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Disordered eating attitudes, alexithymia and suicide probability among Turkish high school girls

Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi, Soylu, Nusret, AVCI, Kadriye, Coşkun, Kerem Şenol, Kocak, Uğur, Taş, Hanife Uzel·2015·Psychiatry Research

DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.052

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We aimed to examine association between disordered eating attitudes (DEAs), alexithymia and suicide probability among adolescent females and to explore potential link between alexithymia and suicide probability in subjects with DEAs. 381 female students completed Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Suicide Probability Scale (SPS). It was found that 13.2% (n=52) of the subjects have DEAs. Results indicated that total TAS-20 score and scores of Difficulty in Identifying Feelings (DIF) and Difficulty in Describing Feelings (DDF) subscales were significantly higher in DEAs group than in those non DEAs group (p<0.05). Additionally, total SPS score (p<0.001), Hopelessness (p=0.001), Suicide Ideation (p<0.001) and Hostility (p=0.003) subscales scores of SPS were significantly higher in the alexithymic DEAs than the non-alexithymic DEAs group. In order to control potential effect of depression, SPS subscales were used as covariate factors in ANCOVA. Negative Self-Evaluation subscale yielded a statistically significant difference between groups, other subscales did not. Results point out these; DEAs are relatively frequent phenomenon among female students in Turkey and presence of alexithymia was associated with an increased suicide probability in adolescents with DEAs. The results should be evaluated taking into account that depressive symptomatology was not assessed using a depression scale.

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Authors: Alpaslan, A. H., Soylu, N., AVCI, K., Coşkun, K. Ş., Kocak, U., & Taş, H. U.
Affiliations: Afyon Kocatepe University (TR)
Inonu University (TR)
Corresponding author: Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi
ORCID: Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi
Soylu, Nusret
Venue: Psychiatry Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-03
Volume: 226
Issue: 1
Pages: 224-229
ISSN: 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.052
OpenAlex: W1977249654
Cited by: 45
References: 54
Citations by year: 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7
FWCI: 6.62
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Keywords: disordered eating attitudes, alexithymia, suicide probability, adolescent girls, suicidal ideation, hopelessness, hostility, difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, eating disorders, Turkish adolescents
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Affective Symptoms, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Attitude, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Personality Inventory, Probability, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schools, Students, Turkey, Suicidal Ideation, Diagnostic Self Evaluation

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