ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2019
Similarities and Differences in Theory of Mind Responses of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa With and Without Autistic Features.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Mixed Method Systematic Review Into the Impact of ED Treatment in Autistic People and Those With High Autistic Traits.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Cognitive and emotional empathy in acute and remitted anorexia nervosa: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Autistic characteristics in youth with anorexia nervosa before and after treatment.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Trial
- Exploring the role of autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology on mentalising ability in the general population.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- "It's not about wanting to be thin or look small, it's about the way it feels": an IPA analysis of social and sensory differences in autistic and non-autistic individuals with anorexia and their parents.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Evaluation of film stimuli for the assessment of social-emotional processing: a pilot study.PeerJ · 2022Article
- A psychometric investigation of the multiple-choice version of Animated Triangles Task to measure Theory of Mind in adolescence.PloS one · 2022Article
- Kinematics and observer-animator kinematic similarity predict mental state attribution from Heider-Simmel style animations.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Critical incidents in anorexia nervosa: perspectives of those with a lived experience.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Neural Correlates of Theory of Mind Are Preserved in Young Women With Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Caregiver Report of Executive Functioning in Adolescent Females With Anorexia Nervosa or Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to understand and represent mental states of others, a skill that plays a key role in how we interact with people around us. Difficulties with ToM have been posited as an underlying mechanism for autism and implicated in difficulties faced by those with anorexia nervosa (AN). This study examined, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the responses of women between the ages of 14 and 25 years on the Frith-Happé Triangle Animations, a well-validated test of ToM. Participants were split into healthy controls (HCs), AN patients (AN), and AN patients with high levels of autistic features (AN+ASF). We found no significant quantitative differences between groups in performance on the task. Qualitatively, there were differences between groups such that AN patients, especially those in the AN+ASF group, were more focused on describing the videos than creating narratives, were more negative in their interpretations, and were much more anxious about their performance. These qualitative differences have clinical implications, including that not all AN patients with autistic features should be assumed to have difficulties with ToM.
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