The role of interpersonal personality traits and reassurance seeking in eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa

Tyler B. Mason; Jason M. Lavender; Stephen A. Wonderlich; Ross D. Crosby; Thomas E. Joiner; James E. Mitchell; Scott J. Crow; Marjorie H. Klein; Daniel Le Grange; Anna M. Bardone-Cone; Carol B. Peterson

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.013

The role of interpersonal personality traits and reassurance seeking in eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa

Tyler B. Mason^*, Jason M. Lavender, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Ross D. Crosby, Thomas E. Joiner, James E. Mitchell, Scott J. Crow, Marjorie H. Klein, Daniel Le Grange, Anna M. Bardone-Cone, Carol B. Peterson

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Introduction The role of interpersonal factors has been proposed in various models of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology and treatment. We examined the independent and interactive contributions of two interpersonal-focused personality traits (i.e., social avoidance and insecure attachment) and reassurance seeking in relation to global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa (BN). Method Participants were 204 adult women with full or subclinical BN who completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple OLS regressions including main effects and interaction terms were used to analyze the data. Results Main effects were found for social avoidance and insecure attachment in association with global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. In addition, two-way interactions between social avoidance and reassurance seeking were observed for both global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. In general, reassurance seeking strengthened the association between social avoidance and global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. Conclusion These results demonstrate the importance of reassurance seeking in psychopathology among women with BN who display personality features characterized by social avoidance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-171
Number of pages	7
Journal	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.013
State	Published - 1 Jul 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Mason, T. B., Lavender, J. M., Wonderlich, S. A., Crosby, R. D., Joiner, T. E., Mitchell, J. E., Crow, S. J., Klein, M. H., Le Grange, D., Bardone-Cone, A. M., & Peterson, C. B. (2016). The role of interpersonal personality traits and reassurance seeking in eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 68, 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.013

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