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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023

The relationship between self-control and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with eating disorders: a cross-sectional study including exploratory longitudinal data.

Emmi Eriksson, Mia Ramklint, Martina Wolf-Arehult, Martina Isaksson

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Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emmi ErikssonDepartment of Medical Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Entrance 10, Floor 3B, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Mia RamklintDepartment of Medical Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Entrance 10, Floor 3B, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Martina Wolf-ArehultDepartment of Medical Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Entrance 10, Floor 3B, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Martina IsakssonDepartment of Medical Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Entrance 10, Floor 3B, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden. martina.isaksson@neuro.uu.se.
Uppsala University · SEStockholm Health Care Services · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPersonality style can partly be described as the way an individual controls and regulates emotions and can be divided into over- and undercontrol. Studies have indicated that personality style may impact the onset, clinical presentation, and recovery from an eating disorder (ED). Furthermore, symptoms of anxiety and depression are common in patients with EDs. However, the association between self-control levels and anxiety/depression symptoms in patients with EDs remains unknown. The main aim of this study was to assess how levels of self-control relate to anxiety/depression symptoms in patients with EDs, with a secondary, exploratory aim to assess the stability of self-control during treatment.

methodsPatients were recruited from the outpatient ED clinic at the Uppsala University Hospital, between October 2014 and December 2019. In total, 227 patients (age: 25.4, SD: 7.1) were included at the start of their treatment, with 14 participants also completing post-treatment measurements. Self-control was assessed with the Ego Undercontrol scale (EUC-13), anxiety/depression symptoms with the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25), and ED diagnosis and symptoms with the Eating Disorder Examination Interview (EDE-I) and Questionnaire (EDE-Q), respectively.

resultsA quadratic regression (n = 227) showed that levels of self-control accounted for about four percent of the variance in degree of global anxiety/depressive symptoms. Anxiety/depression symptoms were better explained by ED symptoms (R

conclusionsOur results indicated that anxiety/depression symptoms, in patients with EDs, were not strongly correlated with levels of self-control, but rather with ED symptoms. However, extreme values of both over- and undercontrol showed a tendency to be associated with higher levels of depression symptoms, whereas anxiety symptoms increased with increasing levels of undercontrol. Future studies could benefit from considering both over- and undercontrol as potentially dysfunctional.

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AnxietyDepressionEating disordersOvercontrolPersonality styleSelf-controlUndercontrol

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