Some Personality Characteristics of Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

1976 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Smart ◽  
P. J. V. Beumont ◽  
G. C. W. George
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Testing ◽  
Personality Profile ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Average Intelligence ◽  
Raven’S Matrices

SummaryTwenty-two female patients with anorexia nervosa were assessed by means of objective personality testing. The EPI, Leyton Obsessional Inventory, Cattell's 16 PF and Raven's Matrices were used for this purpose. The personality profile that emerged was of a highly neurotic and introverted person with moderately severe obsessional features and average intelligence.

Body Shape Perception and its Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa

1984 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Touyz ◽  
P. J. V. Beumont ◽  
J. K. Collins ◽  
M. McCabe ◽  
J. Jupp
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Perception ◽  
Video Monitor ◽  
Normal Body ◽  
Female Patients

SummaryThe perception of body shape was studied in 15 female patients with anorexia nervosa and 15 age matched controls. A lens was used which could be manipulated to cause a horizontal distortion of an image projected onto a video monitor. The patients showed a greater tendency to over- and under-estimate their present body shape than did the controls. Further, the patients' desired body shape was significantly thinner than that of controls, as was their estimation of what constitutes a normal body shape. These findings are discussed in relation to the literature and it is suggested that they may have important implications for treatment.

The “Right Stuff”: Personality Tests and the Five-Factor Model in Landing Craft Air Cushion Crew Training

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (13) ◽  
pp. 920-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Street ◽  
Kathleen T. Helton
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Testing ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Selection System ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Air Cushion ◽  
Training Success ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of our investigation was to determine if personality testing and a five-factor model could improve the selection of Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle operators. Vehicle operators for the LCAC are currently selected on the basis of their performance on a computer-based psychomotor selection system. The various psychomotor tests in the selection system have demonstrated predictive validity in LCAC crew training. Certain personality characteristics may also be involved in the LCAC vehicle operator training success. In fact, various researchers have found that personality testing may improve the selection of Navy/Marine Corps aviators. There is increasing evidence that a five-factor model may be useful in describing the personality characteristics involved in training success. We believe that a five-factor model may improve the selection system used for LCAC vehicle operators. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation was conducted to determine the underlying structure of the Adult Personality Inventory (API) with 168 LCAC crew candidates. The resulting factor scores were then entered into a series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine the relation of the personality factor scores and the performance-based test to an underway grade in training criterion. The results indicated that one personality factor, openness, significantly improved predictions of the criterion ( p < 0.05). Based on these results, we believe that personality testing may improve the selection of LCAC vehicle operators.

Anorexia Nervosa in Males: A Report of 12 Cases

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 512-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Touyz ◽  
E. M. Kopec-Schrader ◽  
P. J. V. Beumont
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Male Patients

The demographic and clinical features of 12 male patients with anorexia nervosa were investigated by means of a retrospective analysis of their medical records. The clinical characteristics of the male patients were found to be remarkably similar to those reported for female patients and our findings concur with previously published literature. There appears however to be a greater tendency to exercise excessively. The importance of recognising anorexia nervosa in males is emphasized.

Personality traits in parents of people with autism

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan O'Hanrahan ◽  
Michael Fitzgerald ◽  
Myra O'Regan
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Personality Profile ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The People

AbstractObjectives: This study set out to explore if there were measurable personality characteristics specific to parents of people with autism.Method: Parents of 12 people with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of autism presented for the study. Each of the people with autism were matched where possible with a counterpart without autism but with a lifelong disability on parameters of age, sex and IQ level. Parents of the ‘autism’ and ‘non-autism’ groups were then interviewed in detail using four personality assessment instruments. Scores were tabulated for both mothers and fathers in each group and intergroup comparisons were made.Results: No significant personality profile difference was identifiable between the two parental groups.Conclusions: Personality traits specific to parents of people with autism are not identifiable in this study thus casting doubt on the validity of personality phenotypes as measurable heritability factors in autism.

Differences in Social Desirability, Anxiety, and Introversion-Extraversion with Varying Lengths of Hospitalization

1964 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-726
Author(s):  
William D. Leipold ◽  
Clifford S. Knutson
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Duration Of Hospitalization ◽  
Length Of Hospitalization

114 male and female patients were assigned on the basis of length of hospitalization and given measures of introversion-extraversion, social desirability, and anxiety in order to compare the personality characteristics shown by patients having various durations of hospitalization. Need for social approval increased with increased length of hospitalization. Anxiety diminished with increase in duration of hospitalization while no significant difference was noted on the basis of introversion-extraversion. The implication of these results was discussed in terms of effect of long-term hospitalization upon the patients personality, with the caution that the variable of length of stay may be confounded with degree of illness.

ENHANCED TESTOSTERONE IN FEMALE PATIENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ITS NORMALIZATION AFTER WEIGHT GAIN

1979 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Baranowska ◽  
S. Zgliczyński
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Serum Testosterone ◽  
Gonadal Hormones ◽  
High Serum ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Testosterone Concentration ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Serum Lh

ABSTRACT In order to elucidate the mechanism of disturbances of gonadal hormones secretion in anorexia nervosa 14 female patients were investigated. A control group also consisted of 14 women of the same age. The serum LH, progesterone, oestrogens: oestrone + oestradiol (Oe1 + Oe2), oestriol (Oe3) and testosterone were determined by radioimmunological methods. In patients with anorexia nervosa the serum testosterone and Oe3 concentrations were dramatically elevated, whereas LH, progesterone and Oe1 + Oe2 were decreased as compared with the control group. Considerable weight gain induced by cyproheptadine treatment caused a normalization of the serum testosterone and Oe3 concentrations in all the patients. A negative correlation between the testosterone level and the deficit in body weight was observed. The mechanism causing the dramatically high serum testosterone concentration in the female patients with anorexia nervosa is discussed.

Reduced body fat in long-term followed-up female patients with anorexia nervosa

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Frey ◽  
Johannes Hebebrand ◽  
Bodo Müller ◽  
Andreas Ziegler ◽  
Werner F. Blum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Reduced Body

scholarly journals The Role of Objectively Measured, Altered Physical Activity Patterns for Body Mass Index Change during Inpatient Treatment in Female Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celine Lehmann ◽  
Tobias Hofmann ◽  
Ulf Elbelt ◽  
Matthias Rose ◽  
Christoph Correll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Inpatient Treatment ◽  
Inpatient Stay ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Intensity Physical Activity

Increased physical activity (PA) affects outcomes in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). To objectively assess PA patterns of hospitalized AN patients in comparison with healthy, outpatient controls (HC), and to analyze the effect of PA on Body Mass Index (BMI) change in patients with AN, we measured PA in 50 female patients with AN (median age = 25 years, range = 18–52 years; mean BMI = 14.4 ± 2.0 kg/m2) at the initiation of inpatient treatment and in 30 female healthy controls (median age = 26 years, range = 19–53 years; mean BMI = 21.3 ± 1.7 kg/m2) using the SenseWear™ armband. Duration of inpatient stay and weight at discharge were abstracted from medical records. Compared with controls, AN patients spent more time in very light-intensity physical activity (VLPA) (median VLPA = 647 vs. 566 min/day, p = 0.004) and light-intensity physical activity (LPA) (median LPA = 126 vs. 84 min/day, p < 0.001) and less time in moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA) (median MPA = 82 vs. 114 min/day, p = 0.022) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) (median VPA = 0 vs. 16 min/day, p < 0.001). PA and BMI increase were not associated in a linear model, and BMI increase was mostly explained by lower admission BMI and longer inpatient stay. In a non-linear model, an influence of PA on BMI increase seemed probable (jack knife validation, r2 = 0.203; p < 0.001). No direct association was observed between physical inactivity and BMI increase in AN. An altered PA pattern exists in AN patients compared to controls, yet the origin and consequences thereof deserve further investigation.

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