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Abstract(s)
Objective This study is the result of two Portuguese case–
control studies that examined the replication of retrospective
correlates and preceding life events in anorexia nervosa
(AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) development. This
study aims to identify retrospective correlates that distinguish
AN and BN
Method A case–control design was used to compare a
group of women who met Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria for AN
(N = 98) and BN (N = 79) with healthy controls (N = 86)
and with other psychiatric disorders (N = 68). Each control
group was matched with AN patients regarding age and
parental social categories. Risk factors were assessed by
interviewing each person with the Oxford Risk Factor
Interview.
Results Compared to AN, women with BN reported significantly
higher rates of paternal high expectations,
excessive family importance placed on fitness/keeping in
shape, and negative consequences due to adolescent overweight
and adolescent objective overweight.
Discussion Overweight during adolescence emerged as
the most relevant retrospective correlate in the distinction
between BN and AN participants. Family expectations and
the importance placed on keeping in shape were also significant
retrospective correlates in the BN group.
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Keywords
Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa Risk factors Adolescent overweight
Citation
MACHADO, Bárbara César; GONÇALVES, Sónia F.; MARTINS, Carla; BRANDÃO, Isabel; ROMA-TORRES, António; HOEK, Hans W.; MACHADO, Paulo P. - Anorexia nervosa versus bulimia nervosa: differences based on retrospective correlates in a case-control study. Eating and Weight Disorders- Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. ISSN 1590-1262. Vol. 21, n.º 2 (2016), p. 185-197
Publisher
Springer