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EATING DISORDERS
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 353-361Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2022.2135982
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This study aimed to evaluate the association between the content of eating/body image-related beliefs in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and important aspects of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology. The findings suggest that while belief domains were not significantly associated with greater delusional intensity, stronger delusionality was generally associated with worse ED psychopathology.
We aimed to evaluate whether the content of eating/body image-related beliefs in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) was associated with important aspects of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology. Females with AN completed assessments within 96 hours of admission to an inpatient medical stabilization program. Study staff administered the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale and participants completed self-report measures. We derived belief content domains using an inductive approach and examined associations between beliefs and clinical variables. The following belief categories emerged (% with a belief in that category): body image beliefs (64%), food beliefs (30%), body function beliefs (20%), rejection of illness beliefs (12%), morality beliefs (10%), and control beliefs (6%). No one belief domain was significantly associated with greater delusional intensity. However, findings indicate that greater delusionality was generally associated with worse ED psychopathology.
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