Distinct personality profiles associated with disease risk and diagnostic status in eating disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personality traits have been associated with eating disorders (EDs) and comorbidities. However, it is unclear which personality profiles are premorbid risk rather than diagnostic markers.

Methods

We explored associations between personality and ED-related mental health symptoms using canonical correlation analyses. We investigated personality risk profiles in a longitudinal sample, associating personality at age 14 with onset of mental health symptoms at ages 16 or 19. Diagnostic markers were identified in a sample of young adults with anorexia nervosa (AN, n = 58) or bulimia nervosa (BN, n = 63) and healthy controls (n = 47).

Results

Two significant premorbid risk profiles were identified, successively explaining 7.93 % and 5.60 % of shared variance (R

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670883 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature