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P02-314 - Temperament and Character in Outpatients with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

P. Martínez-Gómez ,
R. Ramos-Ríos ,
M. Tajes-Alonso ,
M.J. Gastañaduy-Tilve ,
I. González-Lado ,
S. Martínez-Formoso  and
M. Arrojo-Romero
P. Martínez-Gómez
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
R. Ramos-Ríos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M. Tajes-Alonso
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Eating Disorders Unit, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M.J. Gastañaduy-Tilve
Affiliation:
Eating Disorders Unit, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
I. González-Lado
Affiliation:
Eating Disorders Unit, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
S. Martínez-Formoso
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M. Arrojo-Romero
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Abstract

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Objectives

The aim of this study is to assess the personality traits in a sample of Spanish anorexic and bulimic outpatients.

Method

The revised version of the Temperament and Character Inventory was administered to 76 women attended in an Eating Disorders Unit and to 46 healthy controls. Both groups were matched by gender, age and instruction.

Results

Diagnoses in the sample were distributed as follows: bulimia nervosa (BN) 33, binging-purging type anorexia nervosa (BPAN) 23 and restricting anorexia nervosa (RAN) 18. RAN patients were significantly younger (21.6 vs. 26.3 p < 0.01). Differences in the harm avoidance, persistence and selfdirectedness subscales of the TCI were found (see table).

 RANBPANBNCp 
Novelty seeking89.397.399.697.40.15n. s.
Harm avoidance116.1118.3118104.40.002BPAN, BN > C
Reward dependence112.5111.7103.7110.50.12n. s.
Persistence120.7113.7108.4102.90.005RAN > C
Selfdirectedness125.5120.8117149.5< 0.001C > RAN, BPAN, BN
Cooperativeness141.4145.9138.3142.90.34n. s.
Selftranscendence63.867.266.959.50.17n. s.

[Results]

Conclusions

In concordance with previous reports, compared with healthy controls, patients show lower scores in self-directedness. Persistence seems to be associated with restricting behaviours, whereas harm avoidance with binging and purging. RAN trends to have low scores in novelty seeking items and BN shows lower reward dependence, but this differences are not statistically significant, perhaps because of sample size.

Type
Psychosomatic disorders / Eating disorders / Somatoform disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E1013
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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