The role of bulimic behaviors in affect regulation: Different functions for different patient subgroups?

✍ Scribed by Steinberg, Stacey ;Tobin, David ;Johnson, Craig

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 336 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0276-3478
• DOI: 10.1002/1098-108x(199001)9:1<51::aid-eat2260090106>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

One hundred and eighty consecutive patients seeking treatment for eating disorders rated adjectives describing their affective states before binge eating and after purging. Patients were divided into borderline (n = 40) and nonborderline (n = 35) groups and were compared on the above dimensions. Both patient subgroups reported reductions in anxiety and fragmentation after the binge-purge episode. The borderline subgroup, however, experienced significantly greater reductions in anxiety and a decreased level of depression, while the nonborderline subgroup reported a slight increase in their level of depression. The clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed.