TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging of childhood obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits and adult eating disorder symptoms: A network analysis approach
AU - Giles, Sarah
AU - Hughes, Elizabeth K.
AU - Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew
AU - Treasure, Janet
AU - Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando
AU - Karwautz, Andreas F.K.
AU - Wagner, Gudrun
AU - Anderluh, Marija
AU - Collier, David A.
AU - Krug, Isabel
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by grant QLK1‐1999‐916 from the European Commission Framework V program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Eating Disorders Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Objectives: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCDP) traits are commonly associated with eating disorders (EDs), with evidence demonstrating that these traits predispose and exacerbate the ED illness course. However, limited research has examined the symptomatic interplay between ED and OCDP traits. We used network analysis to (1) identify the most central symptoms in a network comprised of OCPD traits retrospectively assessed in childhood and ED symptoms and (2) to identify symptoms which bridged OCPD traits and ED symptoms. Methods: Participants were 320 females with an ED (anorexia nervosa n = 227, bulimia nervosa n = 93), who completed the semi-structured EATATE interview and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2. Expected influence (EI) was computed to determine each symptom's influence in the network. Bridge symptoms were identified by computing bridge EI. Results: A regularised partial correlation network showed that ascetism, social insecurity, ineffectiveness, and impulsivity had the highest EI in the OCPD and ED network. With respect to bridging symptoms, interpersonal distrust emerged as a possible bridging node between the OCPD and ED trait/symptom clusters. Discussion: These findings highlight the centrality of non-specific ED symptoms in the ED symptom network and suggest that interpersonal distrust may play a functional role through which childhood OCPD traits and ED symptoms are connected.
AB - Objectives: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCDP) traits are commonly associated with eating disorders (EDs), with evidence demonstrating that these traits predispose and exacerbate the ED illness course. However, limited research has examined the symptomatic interplay between ED and OCDP traits. We used network analysis to (1) identify the most central symptoms in a network comprised of OCPD traits retrospectively assessed in childhood and ED symptoms and (2) to identify symptoms which bridged OCPD traits and ED symptoms. Methods: Participants were 320 females with an ED (anorexia nervosa n = 227, bulimia nervosa n = 93), who completed the semi-structured EATATE interview and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2. Expected influence (EI) was computed to determine each symptom's influence in the network. Bridge symptoms were identified by computing bridge EI. Results: A regularised partial correlation network showed that ascetism, social insecurity, ineffectiveness, and impulsivity had the highest EI in the OCPD and ED network. With respect to bridging symptoms, interpersonal distrust emerged as a possible bridging node between the OCPD and ED trait/symptom clusters. Discussion: These findings highlight the centrality of non-specific ED symptoms in the ED symptom network and suggest that interpersonal distrust may play a functional role through which childhood OCPD traits and ED symptoms are connected.
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U2 - 10.1002/erv.2885
DO - 10.1002/erv.2885
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123495738
SN - 1072-4133
VL - 30
SP - 110
EP - 123
JO - European Eating Disorders Review
JF - European Eating Disorders Review
IS - 2
ER -