ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2020
Emotional intelligence, empathy and alexithymia in anorexia nervosa during adolescence.
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- Cognitive and emotional processing in brothers of individuals with anorexia nervosa: exploring familial cognitive vulnerability.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigating Functioning Profile of Adolescents with Anorexia before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study on Mentalizing, Alexithymia, and Impulsiveness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Family, friends, and feelings: the role of relationships to parents and peers and alexithymia in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and autistic traits in children with anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2021Article
- Macro- and micro-structural cerebellar and cortical characteristics of cognitive empathy towards fictional characters in healthy individuals.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- From Deficits in Emotional Intelligence to Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Sequential Path Analysis Approach Through Self-Esteem and Anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Emotion regulation, emotion recognition, and empathy in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- The behavioral and affective profile of inpatient adolescent girls with restrictive anorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Exploring the role of emotional intelligence on disorder eating psychopathology.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Alexithymia predicts maladaptive but not adaptive emotion regulation strategies in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa or depression.Journal of eating disorders · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of Yoga as a Complementary Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review.International journal of yogaReview
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Abstract
purposeSocio-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.
method41 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).
resultsPersonal 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.
conclusionResearch 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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