Prospective associations between childhood neuropsychological profiles and adolescent eating disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cross-sectional associations between eating disorders (EDs) and deficits in neuropsychological functioning have been well documented; however, limited research has examined whether neuropsychological functioning is prospectively associated with EDs. The current study investigated prospective associations between neuropsychological functioning in childhood (ages 8 and 10) and ED behaviours and disorders in adolescence (at ages 14, 16, and 18 years) in a population-based sample.

Method

Participants (N = 4,803) were children enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a population-based, prospective study of women and their children. Regression methods tested associations between facets of neuropsychological functioning (attention, working memory,

SUBMITTER: Schaumberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature