ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Exploring Relationships Between Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adults With Anorexia Nervosa: A Network Approach.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Autism - A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Investigating the Presence of Autistic Traits and Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms in Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Network-based methods for psychometric data of eating disorders: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of network analysis studies in eating disorders: Is time to broaden the core psychopathology to non specific symptoms.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2021Pooled it
- The Hidden Spectrum Within Eating Disorders: Clustering Neurodivergent Traits and Sensory Sensitivity.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Medical management and differential diagnosis of restrictive eating disorders in men: a case study report with co-produced recommendations.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Re-imagining connection: the role of late autism diagnosis in eating disorder recovery and social support.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- "Don't talk to me like I am an illness": exploring patients' needs using the communication passport in an eating disorder service.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025Article
- Longitudinal study of socio-emotional cognitive processing in individuals with anorexia nervosa and the impact of autistic characteristics on neural processing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Case Report: Substance fixation in autism spectrum disorder with resultant anorexia nervosa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring the links between sensory sensitivity, autistic traits and autism-related eating behaviours in a sample of adult women with eating disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Camouflaging, not sensory processing or autistic identity, predicts eating disorder symptoms in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses exposed to horizontal violence: a network analysis.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- The Study of Eating Disorders from a Network Perspective: A Scoping Systematic Review.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and eating disturbances in a sample of young adults referring to a generalized mental health clinic.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Analysis of symptom clusters amongst adults with anorexia nervosa: Key severity indicators.Psychiatry research · 2023Article
- Inaccessibility of care and inequitable conceptions of suffering: a collective response to the construction of "terminal" anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Sex-specific mechanisms for eating disorder risk in men and women with autistic traits: the role of alexithymia.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- New insights in pediatrics in 2021: choices in allergy and immunology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, haematology, infectious diseases, neonatology, neurology, nutrition, palliative care, respiratory tract illnesses and telemedicine.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- Examining the relationship between autistic spectrum disorder characteristics and structural brain differences seen in anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
Over the past few decades, research has accumulated to suggest a relationship between anorexia nervosa (AN) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Elevated ASD traits are present in around one third of those with AN, and there is some evidence to suggest that ASD traits are associated with more severe eating disorder (ED) psychopathology. The current study aimed to examine relationships between ED and ASD symptoms in individuals with a lifetime history of AN using network analysis. One hundred and one participants completed the ED Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2). A regularized partial correlation network was estimated using a graphical least absolute shrinkage and selection operator. Expected influence (EI) and bridge EI values were calculated to identify central and bridge symptoms respectively. Isolation, difficulties with relating to others, and feelings of tension during social situations were most central to the network, while poor self-confidence, concerns over eating around others, and concerns over others seeing one's body were the strongest bridge symptoms. Our findings confirm that interpersonal problems are central to ED psychopathology. They also suggest poor self-confidence and social anxiety-type worries may mediate the relationship between ED and ASD symptoms in those with a lifetime diagnosis of AN. Longitudinal studies examining fluctuations in symptoms over time may be helpful in understanding direction of causality.
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