ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2018
Gender differences in eating disorder psychopathology across DSM-5 severity categories of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mortality in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Interconnected desires: A systematic review of compulsive buying-shopping disorder and its links to disordered eating and body image by gender.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- Gender-based clinical differences in evidence-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: analysis of aggregated randomized controlled trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical Phenotypes and Neurobiology of Youth With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Across Sex.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Social Disparity and Treatment-Seeking in Eating Disorders During Childhood and Adolescence: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Do Weight Suppression and Body Mass Index Predict Daily Body Image and Eating Urges in Non-Clinical Adults?European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Trajectories of Childhood Adversity and Eating Disorders in Adolescence.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The risk of believing that emotions are bad and uncontrollable: association with orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Do risk factors differentiate DSM-5 and drive for thinness severity groups for anorexia nervosa?Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Cognitive flexibility and DSM-5 severity criteria for eating disorders: assessing drive for thinness and duration of illness as alternative severity variables.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Body Mass Index Specifiers in Anorexia Nervosa: Anything below the "Extreme"?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Agreement between Physicians and a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Team at a General Hospital: An Exploratory Study across 20 Years of Referrals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Knowledge of Oral and Physical Manifestations of Anorexia Nervosa Among Polish Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined whether patterns of eating-disorder (ED) psychopathology differed by gender across DSM-5 severity specifiers in anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN).
methodWe tested whether ED psychopathology differed across DSM-5 severity specifiers among 532 adults (76% female) in a residential treatment center with AN or BN. We hypothesized that severity of ED psychopathology would increase in tandem with increasing severity classifications for both males and females with AN and BN.
resultsAmong females with BN, DSM-5 severity categories were significantly associated with increasing ED psychopathology, including Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire dietary restraint, eating concern, shape concern, and weight concern; and Eating Disorder Inventory drive for thinness and bulimia. ED psychopathology did not differ across DSM-5 severity levels for males with BN. For both males and females with AN, there were no differences in ED psychopathology across severity levels. DISCUSSION: Results demonstrate that DSM-5 severity specifiers may function differently for males versus females with BN. Taken together, data suggest DSM-5 severity specifiers may not adequately capture severity, as intended, for males with BN and all with AN. Future research should evaluate additional clinical validators of DSM-5 severity categories (e.g., chronicity, treatment non-response), and consider alternate classification schemes.
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