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| Title |
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in Relation to Addictive Behaviors and Personality Risk Factors
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00579 |
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| Authors |
Caroline Davis, Laura Mackew, Robert D. Levitan, Allan S. Kaplan, Jacqueline C. Carter, James L. Kennedy |
| Abstract |
While there is good evidence that binge eating disorder (BED) is linked to higher-than-expected use of a broad range of addictive behaviors, mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Using a mediation-analytical approach with three age- and gender-matched groups - overweight/obese adults with (n = 42) and without (n = 104) BED, and normal-weight control participants (n = 73) - we tested the hypothesis that adults with BED would engage in more addictive behaviors and have higher scores on a personality-risk index than the two control groups. We also anticipated that the relationship between BED and addictive behaviors would be mediated by a high-risk personality profile. The predicted mediation effect was strongly supported. Contrary to expectation, BED participants did not engage in more addictive behaviors or have higher personality-risk scores than their weight-matched counterparts. However, both overweight/obese groups did have significantly higher scores than the normal-weight group. The relationships among personality risk, elevated body mass index (BMI), and addictive behaviors have important clinical implications, especially for treatments that target psycho-behavioral intervention for compulsive overeating and substance-use disorders. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Portugal | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 98 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 20% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 21 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 41 | 42% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 25 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2017.
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