A MULTICENTRIC OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPLORATORY STUDY ON REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING AND INTEROCEPTIVE AWARENESS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH EATING DISORDERS.

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Psychiatria Danubina Pub Date : 2025-09-01

Veronica Raspa, Margherita Guercini, Ilaria Lupattelli, Patrizia Moretti, Claudia Mazzeschi, Laura Dalla Ragione, Alfonso Tortorella

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Abstract

Background: Reflective functioning and interoceptive awareness are core domains in the psychological functioning of individuals with eating disorders (EDs). Alterations in these dimensions may contribute to emotional dysregulation and body image disturbances, which are hallmark features of EDs. To compare reflective functioning and interoceptive awareness between individuals with EDs and a non-clinical control group, and to explore associations with general psychological functioning and eating disorder symptomatology within the clinical sample.

Methods: A total of 65 participants were recruited (32 clinical, 33 control group). Participants completed the EDI-3, the CORE-OM, the RFQ, and the MAIA. The Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlations were conducted to assess between-group differences and associations among psychological variables.

Results: The clinical group showed more severe symptomatology, greater psychological difficulties, increased uncertainty in the attribution of mental states and reduced interoceptive awareness. Significant correlations emerged between ED symptom severity and both interoceptive and reflective capacities.

Conclusions: The findings highlight the relevance of reflective functioning and interoceptive awareness as transdiagnostic dimensions in EDs. These results support the integration of therapeutic approaches targeting these mechanisms in the treatment of eating disorders.

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进食障碍患者反思功能和内感受意识的多中心观察和探索性研究。

背景：反思功能和内感受意识是饮食失调患者心理功能的核心领域。这些维度的改变可能导致情绪失调和身体形象障碍，这是ed的标志性特征。比较急症患者和非临床对照组之间的反思功能和内感受性意识，并在临床样本中探索与一般心理功能和饮食失调症状的联系。方法：共招募65例受试者，其中临床32例，对照组33例。参与者完成了edi3、CORE-OM、RFQ和MAIA。采用Mann-Whitney U检验和Spearman相关来评估组间差异和心理变量之间的关联。结果：临床组表现出更严重的症状，更大的心理困难，精神状态归因的不确定性增加，内感受性意识降低。ED症状严重程度与内感受能力和反射能力之间存在显著相关性。结论：研究结果强调了反思功能和内感受意识作为急诊科跨诊断维度的相关性。这些结果支持将针对这些机制的治疗方法整合到饮食失调的治疗中。

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Psychiatria Danubina 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

3.00

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0.00%

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288

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Psychiatria Danubina is a peer-reviewed open access journal of the Psychiatric Danubian Association, aimed to publish original scientific contributions in psychiatry, psychological medicine and related science (neurosciences, biological, psychological, and social sciences as well as philosophy of science and medical ethics, history, organization and economics of mental health services).