Observational studyPloS one2020
Heightened self-reported punishment sensitivity, but no differential attention to cues signaling punishment or reward in anorexia nervosa.
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- Neuroanatomy reflects individual variability in impulsivity in youth.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Delving into the role of reward and punishment sensitivity in anorexia nervosa: Punishment responsivity as the only predictor of eating disorder symptom persistence in adolescents.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Altered learning from positive feedback in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2024Article
- Change in motivational bias during treatment predicts outcome in anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Impulsivity and reward and punishment sensitivity among patients admitted to a specialized inpatient eating disorder treatment program.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Punishment sensitivity and the persistence of anorexia nervosa: High punishment sensitivity is related to a less favorable course of anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Satisfaction with normative life domains and the course of anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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- Low satisfaction with normative life domains in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2021Article
- Why Dieters Succeed or Fail: The Relationship Between Reward and Punishment Sensitivity and Restrained Eating and Dieting Success.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study examined whether adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) are more sensitive to punishment and less sensitive to reward than a non-eating disorder comparison group. Both self-report and performance measures were used to index reward and punishment sensitivity. Participants were adolescents with AN (n = 69) and an individually matched comparison group with healthy weight (n = 69). They completed the Behavioral Inhibition Scale/Behavioral Activation Scale and the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire to index self-reported reward and punishment sensitivity, and performed the Spatial Orientation Task to index attention to cues signaling reward and punishment. There was extremely strong evidence (BF10 > 100), that adolescents with AN reported higher sensitivity to punishment than adolescents without an eating disorder. However, adolescents with AN did not differ from the comparison group on self-reported reward sensitivity, and attention to cues signaling reward or punishment. Adolescents with AN clearly show heightened punishment sensitivity, yet this was not paralleled by a heightened proneness to detect signals of punishment. An important next step would be to examine whether punishment sensitivity is a reliable risk factor for the development or maintenance of AN.
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