Author : Kalam Sutandar-Pinnock
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)
Book Synopsis Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa, a 6-24 Month Follow-up Study by : Kalam Sutandar-Pinnock
Download or read book Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa, a 6-24 Month Follow-up Study written by Kalam Sutandar-Pinnock and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the relationship between perfectionism and outcome in anorexia nervosa. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) at admission to (n = 55), discharge from (n = 27), and at 6-24 month follow-up (n = 49) after inpatient treatment. At follow-up, participants also completed the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS). The results suggested that lower EDI perfectionism at pre-treatment was associated with a better response to treatment, which was associated with better outcome at follow-up. Both the good and poor outcome groups had significantly higher MPS total perfectionism scores than healthy controls at follow-up. The EDI appears to measure an aspect of perfectionism that is sensitive to illness status, while the MPS appears to be less dependent on clinical state, and may reflect a common personality trait that persists with remission. Attrition rates and the relatively small sample size may have biased the results of the study and limited the generalizability of the findings.