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The relationship between compulsive buying, eating disorder symptoms, and temperament in a sample of female students
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between compulsive buying (CB), eating disorder symptoms, and temperament (controlling for depression) in a sample of female students. We assessed 211 female undergraduate students using the Compulsive Buying Scale, the Eating Disorder Inventory, the Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Activation System scales, the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, and the Physical Health QuestionnaireDepression. The results show a positive association between CB and the Eating Disorder Inventory-II drive for thinness and bulimia subscales. Both CB and eating disorder symptoms were related to low levels of effortful control. Finally, CB was also related to high levels of Behavioral Activation Scale reactivity (impulsivity), whereas eating disorder symptoms (especially drive for thinness) were more strongly related to high levels of Behavioral Inhibition Scale reactivity (anxiety). The implications of these findings for the treatment of CB and eating disorder symptoms will be discussed.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Comprehensive psychiatry. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2011
ISSN
0010-440X
DOI
10.1016/J.COMPPSYCH.2010.05.003
Volume/pages
52 :1 (2011) , p. 50-55
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