Binge eating and restraint model: psychometric analysis in binge eating disorder and normal weight bulimia

✍ Scribed by Cristiano Ardovini; Giovanni Caputo; Patrizia Todisco; Riccardo Dalle Grave

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-4133
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(199908)7:4<293::aid-erv273>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

There are numerous unanswered questions concerning the aetiology of Binge Eating Disorders (BED). In DSM IV it is still seen as a pathology in the study stage. Although BED and Bulimia Nervosa have some common characteristics, it is still dif®cult to identify the exact mechanisms that lead to binge-eating in the two disorders. This study involved the detailed examination of relationships between cognitive restriction and disinhibition in three groups (100 obese subjects with BED, 210 non-BED obese subjects and 31 BN subjects) through three psychometric instruments: TFEQ, BITE, SCL90. Statistical analysis of the results con®rmed a close relationship between restriction and disinhibition in BN, that was not present in BED subjects, where high disinhibition levels were associated with low restriction levels. These data suggest that BED should be regarded as a distinct form of eating disorder.