Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2004

Personality-related characteristics in restricting versus binging and purging eating disordered patients

  • M Vervaet

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Prof. Dr. M. Vervaet, Mail Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
    • Centre for Eating Disorders, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • C van Heeringen

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • K Audenaert

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

References 

  1. In: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Ed. 4.. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1994;p. 539–545
  2. DaCosta M, Halmi KA. Classification of anorexia nervosa (question of subtypes). Int J Eat Disord. 1992;11:305–313
  3. Steiger H, Séguin JR. Eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia nervosa). In:  Millon T,  Blaney PH editor. Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology. Toronto, Canada: Oxford University Press; 1999;p. 365–389
  4. Fairburn CG, Marcus M, Wilson GT. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge eating and bulimia nervosa (a comprehensive treatment manual). In:  Fairburn C,  Wilson GT editor. Binge Eating (Nature, Assessment and Treatment). New York, NY: Guilford; 1993;p. 361–404
  5. Laessle RG, Zoettle C, Pirke KM. Meta-analysis of treatment studies for bulimia. Int J Eat Disord. 1987;6:647–654
  6. Fairburn CG, Jones R, Peveler RC, Hope RA, O’Connor M. Psychotherapy and bulimia nervosa (longer-term effects of interpersonal psychotherapy, behavior therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy). Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1993;50:419–428
  7. Garner DM, Olmstead MP, Polivy J. The Eating Disorders Inventory: a measure of cognitive-behaviroural dimensions of anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia Nervosa: Recent Developments in Research. In:  Darby PL editors. New York, NY: Liss; 1983;p. 173–184
  8. Mitchell JE, Pyle RL, Pomeroy C, Zollman M, Crosby R, Sein H, et al.  Cognitive-behavioral group psychotherapy of bulimia nervosa (importance of logistical variables). Int J Eat Disord. 1993;14:277–287
  9. Keel PK, Mitchell JE. Outcome in bulimia nervosa. Am J Psychiatr. 1997;154:313–321
  10. Lacey JH. Moderation of bulimia. J Psychosom Res. 1984;24:259–269
  11. Vitousek K, Manke F. Personality variables and disorders in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. J Abnorm Psychol. 1994;103:137–147
  12. Yates WR, Sieleni B, Bowers WA. Clinical correlates of personality disorder in bulimia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 1989;8:473–477
  13. Steiger H, Lehoux PM, Gauvin L. Impulsivity, dietary control and the urge to binge in bulimic syndromes. Int J Eat Disord. 1999;26:261–274
  14. Van Strien T. The concurrent validity of a classification of dieters with low versus high susceptibility toward failure of restraint. Addict Behav. 1997;22:587–597
  15. Van Strien T. Ice-cream consumption, tendency toward overeating, and personality. Int J Eat Disord. 2000;28:460–464
  16. Heatherton TF, Baumeister RF. Binge eating as escape from self-awareness. Psychol Bull. 1991;110:86–108
  17. Schachter S, Rodin J. Obese Humans and Rats. Washington, DC: Erlbaum/Halsted; 1974;
  18. Bruch H. Eating Disorders. New York, NY: Basic Books; 1973;
  19. Giel R, Nienhuis FJ. Vragenschema”s voor de klinische beoordeling in de neuropsychiatrie. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation; 1996;
  20. Duijsens IJ, Spinhoven P, Goekoop JG, Spermon T, Eurelings-Bontekoe EHM. The Dutch Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) (dimensional structure, reliability and validity in a normal and psychiatric outpatient sample). Pers Individ Diff. 2000;28:487–499
  21. Cloninger CR, Svrakic DM, Przybeck TR. A psychobiological model of temperament and character. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 1993;50:975–990
  22. Cloninger CR, Przybeck TR, Svrakic DM, Wetzel RD. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) (A Guide to its Development and Use). St. Louis, MO: Center for Psychobiology of Personality, Washington University; 1994;
  23. Van Strien T, Frijters JER, Bergers GPA, Defares PB. The Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional and external eating behaviour. Int J Eat Disord. 1986;5:295–315
  24. Smoller JW, Wadden TA, Stunkard AJ. Dieting and depression (a critical review). J Psychosom Res. 1987;31:429–440
  25. Wing RR, Epstein LH, Marcus MD, Kupfer DJ. Mood changes in behavioral weight loss programs. J Psychosom Res. 1984;28:189–196
  26. Keys A, Brozek J, Honschel A, Mickelson O, Taylor HL. The Biology of Human Starvation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press; 1950;
  27. Tuschl RJ, Laessle RG, Kothaus BC, Pirke KM. Behavioral and biological correlates of restrained eating. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1989;575:580–581
  28. Koeppl PM, Heller J, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Goldberg AP, Bleecker ML. The influence of weight reduction and exercise regimens upon the personality profiles of overweight males. J Clin Psychol. 1992;48:463–471
  29. Klump K, Bulik CM, Pollice C, et al.  Temperament and character in women with anorexia nervosa. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2000;188:559–567
  30. Svrakic DM, Przybeck TR, Cloninger CR. Mood states and personality traits. J Affect Disord. 1992;24:217–226
  31. Pryor T, Wiederman MW. Measurement of nonclinical personality characteristics of women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. J Pers Assess. 1996;67:414–421
  32. Eddy KT, Keel PK, Dorer DJ, Delinsky SS, Franko DL, Herzog DB. Longitudinal comparison of anorexia nervosa subtypes. Int J Eat Disord. 2002;31:191–201
  33. Diaz-Marsa M, Carrasco JL, Saiz J. A study of temperament and personality in anorexia and bulimia nervosa. J Personal Disord. 2000;14:352–359
  34. Nagata T, Kawarada Y, Kiriike N, Iketani T. Multi-impulsivity of Japanese patients with eating disorders (primary and secondary impulsivity). Psychiatry Res. 2000;94:239–250
  35. Steiger H, Young SN, Kin NM, Koerner N, Israel M, Lageix P, et al.  Implications of impulsive and affective symptoms for serotonin function in bulimia nervosa. Psychol Med. 2001;31:85–95
  36. Fassino S, Abbate-Daga G, Amianto F, Leombruni P, Boggio S, Rovera GG. Temperament and character profile of eating disorders (a controlled study with the temperament and character inventory). Int J Eat Disord. 2002;32:412–425
  37. Brewerton TD, Hand LD, Bishop ER. The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in eating disorder patients. Int J Eat Disord. 1993;14:213–218
  38. Kleifield EE, Sunday S, Hurt S, Halmi KA. The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (an exploration of personality traits in eating disorders). J Psychiatry Res. 1994;28:413–423
  39. Bulik CM, Sullivan PF, Weltzin TE, Kay WH. Temperament in eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 1995;17:251–261
  40. Edwards FE, Nagelberg DB. Personality characteristics of restrained/binge eaters versus unrestrained/nonbinge eaters. Addict Behav. 1986;11:207–211
  41. Gendall KA, Joyce PR, Sullivan PF, Bulik CM. Personality and dimensions of dietary restraint. Int J Eat Disord. 1998;24:371–379
  42. Herman CP, Polivy J. Anxiety, restraint and eating behaviour. J Abnorm Psychol. 1975;84:666–672
  43. Herman CP, Polivy J. Stress-induced eating and eating-induced stress (a response to Robbins and Fray). Appetite. 1980;1:135–139
  44. Herman CP, Polivy J. Psychological factors in the control of appetite. In:  Winick M editors. Control of Appetite. Current Concepts in Nutrition. Vol. 16:New York, NY: Wiley; 1988;p. 41–51
  45. Herman CP, Polivy J. From dietary restraint to binge eating (attaching causes to effects). Appetite. 1990;14:123–125
  46. Bullik CM, Sullivan PF, Carter FA, Joyce PR. Initial manifestations of disordered eating behaviour (dieting versus binging). Int J Eat Disord. 1997;22:195–201
  47. Mussell MP, Mitchell JE, Fenna CJ, Crosby RD, Miller JP, Hoberman HM. A comparison of onset of binge eating versus dieting in the development of bulimia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 1997;21:353–360
  48. Abbott DW, de Zwaan M, Mussell MP, Raymond NC, Seim HC, Crow SJ, et al  Onset of binge eating and dieting in overweight women (implications for etiology, associated features and treatment). J Psychosom Res. 1998;44:367–374
  49. Berkowitz R, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA. Binge-eating disorder in obese adolescent girls. An, NY Acad Sci. 1993;699:200–206
  50. Grilo CM, Masheb RM. Onset of dieting versus binge eating in outpatients with binge eating disorder. Int J Obes Relat Metab Dis. 2000;24:404–409
  51. Spitzer RL, Devlin MJ, Walsh BT, Hasin D, Wing R, Marcus M, et al.  Binge eating disorder (a multisided trial of the diagnostic criteria). Int J Eat Disord. 1992;11:191–203
  52. Spitzer RL, Stunkard A, Yanovski S, Marcus MD, Wadden T, Wing R, et al.  Binge eating disorder should be included in DSM-IV: a reply to Fairburn et al.’s “the classification of recurrent overeating: the binge eating disorder proposal”. Int J Eat Disord. 1993;13:161–169
  53. Spitzer RL, Yanovski S, Wadden T, Wing R, Marcus M, Stunkard A, et al.  Binge eating disorder (its further validation in a multiside study). Int J Eat Disord. 1993;137–153
  54. Spurrell EB, Wilfley DE, Tanofsky MB, Brownell KD. Age of onset for binge eating (are there different pathways to binge eating?). Int J Eat Disord. 1997;21:55–65
  55. Wilson GT, Nonas C, Rosenblum GD. Assessment of binge-eating in obese patients. Int J Eat Disord. 1993;13:25–34
  56. Charnok DJK. A comment on the role of dietary restraint in the development of bulimia nervosa. Br J Clin Psychol. 1989;28:329–340
  57. Ruderman AJ, Wilson GT. Weight, restraint, cognitions and counterregulation. Behav Res Ther. 1979;17:581–590
  58. Spencer JA, Fremouw WJ. Binge eating as a function of restraint and weight classification. J Abnorm Psychol. 1979;88:262–267
  59. Byrne SM, McLean NJ. The Cognitive-Behavioral Model of bulimia nervosa (a direct evaluation). Int J Eat Disord. 2002;31:17–31
  60. Leitenberg H, Gross J, Peterson J, Rosen JC. Analysis of an anxiety model and the process of change during exposure plus response prevention treatment of bulimia nervosa. Behav Ther. 1984;15:3–20
  61. Leitenberg H, Rosen JC. Cognitive-behavioral therapy with and without exposure plus response prevention in treatment of bulimia nervosa (comment on Agras, Schneider, Arnow, Raeburn and Telch). J Consult Clin Psychol. 1989;57:776–777
  62. Leitenberg H, Rosen JC, Gross J, Nudelman S, Vara LS. Exposure plus response-prevention treatment of bulimia nervosa. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1988;56:535–541
  63. Rosen JC, Leitenberg H. Bulimia nervosa (treatment with exposure and response prevention). Behav Ther. 1982;13:117–124
  64. Rosen JC, Leitenberg H. Exposure plus response prevention treatment of bulimia. In:  Garner DM,  Garfinkel PE editor. A Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. New York, NY: Guilford; 1985;p. 193–209
  65. Rosen JC, Leitenberg H. The anxiety model of bulimia nervosa and treatment with exposure plus response prevention. In:  Pirke KM,  Vandereycken W,  Ploog D editor. The Psychobiology of Bulimia Nervosa. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag; 1988;p. 146–151
  66. Brewerton TD. Toward a unified theory of serotonin dysregulation in eating and related disorders. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1995;20:561–590
  67. Linehan MM, Armstrong HE, Suarez A, Allmon D, Heard HL. Cognitive-behavioral treatment of chronically parasuicidal borderline patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1991;48:1060–1064

PII: S0010-440X(03)00170-6

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.008

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2004

Article Tools