TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Temperament and character traits of female eating disorder patients with(out) non-suicidal self-injury
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
A1  - Buelens, Tinne
A1  - Luyckx, Koen
A1  - Verschueren, Margaux
A1  - Schoevaerts, Katrien
A1  - Dierckx, Eva
A1  - Depestele, Lies
A1  - Claes, Laurence
SP  - e1207
EP  - e1207
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - Eating disorder (ED) patients show alarmingly high prevalence rates of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI). Adolescents seem to be particularly at risk, as EDs and NSSI both have their onset in mid-adolescence. It has been suggested that personality could be a transdiagnostic mechanism underlying both EDs and NSSI. However, little attention has been given to adolescent clinical samples compared to adult and/or community samples. Therefore, the current study investigated the role of personality in a sample of 189 female inpatients with an ED (M = 15.93, SD = 0.98). Our results confirmed the high prevalence of NSSI in EDs, specifically in patients with bingeing/purging behaviours (ED-BP). Temperamental differences were found between ED-BP and the restrictive ED subtype (ED-R). Namely, ED-BP patients showed more harm avoidance and less self-directedness compared to ED-R. Temperamental differences were found in NSSI as well, regardless of ED subtype: ED patients who had engaged in NSSI during their lifetime reported less self-directedness and more harm avoidance. Interestingly, only ED patients who recently engaged in NSSI showed less novelty seeking. These temperamental profiles should be recognised as key mechanisms in the treatment of adolescent ED patients with and without NSSI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2077-0383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041207
ID  - ref1
ER  -