Victoire Peres1,2, Maurice Corcos3,4,5, Marion Robin3,4,5, Alexandra Pham-Scottez4,5. 1. IMM Département de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent et du jeune adulte, 42, Boulevard Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France. vicourtel@gmail.com. 2. Université Descartes Paris, Paris, France. vicourtel@gmail.com. 3. IMM Département de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent et du jeune adulte, 42, Boulevard Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France. 4. Université Descartes Paris, Paris, France. 5. Inserm U1018, Université Paris Sud, Paris, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Socio-emotional difficulties have been observed on adult patients suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN). But researches with adolescents are scarce and non-congruent. The aim of this paper is to identify the socio-emotional difficulties that are encountered by AN during adolescence, and to isolate them from those encountered by control adolescents. METHOD: 41 AN and 38 control adolescents were assessed using the emotional quotient inventory by Bar-On, youth version (EQ-i: YV), the Toronto Alexithymia Questionnaire (TAS-20), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and anxiety and depression were controlled using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). RESULTS: Personal distress remains the main difference between the two groups, even when depression and anxiety are controlled. Intrapersonal difficulties are observed in the AN group, as well as alexithymic traits. CONCLUSION: Research on AN has to focus on the socio-emotional difficulties during adolescence, to properly identify which difficulties are linked to that life period, and which are a trait of AN. LEVEL III: Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies, preferably from more than one center or research group.
PURPOSE: Socio-emotional difficulties have been observed on adult patients suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN). But researches with adolescents are scarce and non-congruent. The aim of this paper is to identify the socio-emotional difficulties that are encountered by AN during adolescence, and to isolate them from those encountered by control adolescents. METHOD: 41 AN and 38 control adolescents were assessed using the emotional quotient inventory by Bar-On, youth version (EQ-i: YV), the Toronto Alexithymia Questionnaire (TAS-20), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and anxiety and depression were controlled using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). RESULTS: Personal distress remains the main difference between the two groups, even when depression and anxiety are controlled. Intrapersonal difficulties are observed in the AN group, as well as alexithymic traits. CONCLUSION: Research on AN has to focus on the socio-emotional difficulties during adolescence, to properly identify which difficulties are linked to that life period, and which are a trait of AN. LEVEL III: Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies, preferably from more than one center or research group.
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