Nathan Ridout1, Clare Thom, Deborah J Wallis. 1. Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom. n.ridout@aston.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aims were to determine if emotion recognition deficits observed in eating disorders generalize to non-clinical disordered eating and to establish if other psychopathological and personality factors contributed to, or accounted for, these deficits. DESIGN: Females with high (n=23) and low (n=22) scores on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) were assessed on their ability to recognise emotion from videotaped social interactions. Participants also completed a face memory task, a Stroop task, and self-report measures of alexithymia, depression and anxiety. RESULTS: Relative to the low EDI group, high EDI participants exhibited a general deficit in recognition of emotion, which was related to their scores on the alexithymia measure and the bulimia subscale of the EDI. They also exhibited a specific deficit in the recognition of anger, which was related to their scores on the body dissatisfaction subscale of the EDI. CONCLUSIONS: In line with clinical eating disorders, non-clinical disordered eating is associated with emotion recognition deficits. However, the nature of these deficits appears to be dependent upon the type of eating psychopathology and the degree of co-morbid alexithymia.
OBJECTIVES: The aims were to determine if emotion recognition deficits observed in eating disorders generalize to non-clinical disordered eating and to establish if other psychopathological and personality factors contributed to, or accounted for, these deficits. DESIGN: Females with high (n=23) and low (n=22) scores on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) were assessed on their ability to recognise emotion from videotaped social interactions. Participants also completed a face memory task, a Stroop task, and self-report measures of alexithymia, depression and anxiety. RESULTS: Relative to the low EDI group, high EDI participants exhibited a general deficit in recognition of emotion, which was related to their scores on the alexithymia measure and the bulimia subscale of the EDI. They also exhibited a specific deficit in the recognition of anger, which was related to their scores on the body dissatisfaction subscale of the EDI. CONCLUSIONS: In line with clinical eating disorders, non-clinical disordered eating is associated with emotion recognition deficits. However, the nature of these deficits appears to be dependent upon the type of eating psychopathology and the degree of co-morbid alexithymia.
Authors: Lisa M Shank; Marian Tanofsky-Kraff; Nichole R Kelly; Manuela Jaramillo; Sarah G Rubin; Deborah R Altman; Meghan E Byrne; Sarah LeMay-Russell; Natasha A Schvey; Miranda M Broadney; Sheila M Brady; Shanna B Yang; Amber B Courville; Sophie Ramirez; Alexa C Crist; Susan Z Yanovski; Jack A Yanovski Journal: Appetite Date: 2019-07-22 Impact factor: 3.868
Authors: Alexander Rice; Jason M Lavender; Lisa M Shank; M K Higgins Neyland; Bethelhem Markos; Hannah Repke; Hannah Haynes; Julia Gallagher-Teske; Natasha A Schvey; Tracy Sbrocco; Denise E Wilfley; Brian Ford; Caitlin B Ford; Sarah Jorgensen; Jack A Yanovski; Mark Haigney; David A Klein; Jeffrey Quinlan; Marian Tanofsky-Kraff Journal: Eat Weight Disord Date: 2022-07-19 Impact factor: 3.008