Brunton, J.N., Lacey, J.H. and Waller, G. (2005) Narcissism and eating characteristics in young non-clinical women. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193 (2). 140 - 143. ISSN 0022-3018
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the potential relationship among borderline personality disorder traits, specific aspects of narcissism, and different elements of eating pathology. Fifty-two nonclinical female participants completed standardized measures of narcissism, borderline personality disorder traits, and eating pathology. Data were analyzed using correlations. Specific associations were found, suggesting that different elements of narcissism are linked with different eating characteristics. Bulimic attitudes were linked with narcissistic personality disorder and borderline personality disorder traits. In contrast, restrictive eating attitudes and a low body mass index were associated with a repressed form of narcissism (which involves putting others' needs before one's own). If these findings are replicated in a clinical group, treatment of restrictive and bulimic cases might need to address different personality features.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Eating attitudes; narcissism; personality |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2015 14:51 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 01:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000152784.01448.... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1097/01.nmd.0000152784.01448.fe |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89334 |