TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality heterogeneity in female adolescent inpatients with features of eating disorders
AU - Hopwood, Christopher J.
AU - Ansell, Emily B.
AU - Fehon, Dwain C.
AU - Grilo, Carlos M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Grilo was supported, in part, by grant K24 DK070052 from the National Institutes of Health . Dr. Hopwood was supported by grant L30 MH087348 from the National Institutes of Health . No additional funding was received for the completion of this work.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Objective: This study examined evidence for personality variability in adolescents with eating disorder features in light of previous evidence that personality variability in adult women with eating disorder symptoms carries important clinical implications. Method: Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory personality data from adolescent girls with disturbed eating who were psychiatrically hospitalized were cluster analyzed, and resulting groups were compared in eating and comorbid psychopathology. Results: Three subgroups were identified among the 153 patients with eating disorder features: high functioning, internalizing, and externalizing. The internalizing group was marked by eating-related and mood dysfunction; the externalizing group by elevated eating and mood psychopathology as well as impulsivity, aggression, and substance use; and the high-functioning group by lower levels of psychopathology and relatively high self-esteem. Conclusions: These findings converge with previous research using different personality models in adult samples and highlight the clinical use of considering personality heterogeneity among adolescent and adult women with disturbed eating.
AB - Objective: This study examined evidence for personality variability in adolescents with eating disorder features in light of previous evidence that personality variability in adult women with eating disorder symptoms carries important clinical implications. Method: Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory personality data from adolescent girls with disturbed eating who were psychiatrically hospitalized were cluster analyzed, and resulting groups were compared in eating and comorbid psychopathology. Results: Three subgroups were identified among the 153 patients with eating disorder features: high functioning, internalizing, and externalizing. The internalizing group was marked by eating-related and mood dysfunction; the externalizing group by elevated eating and mood psychopathology as well as impulsivity, aggression, and substance use; and the high-functioning group by lower levels of psychopathology and relatively high self-esteem. Conclusions: These findings converge with previous research using different personality models in adult samples and highlight the clinical use of considering personality heterogeneity among adolescent and adult women with disturbed eating.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.03.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 20965304
AN - SCOPUS:77958183936
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 51
SP - 585
EP - 591
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -
