Relationship between obsessive personality traits and eating disorders.

IF 3.5 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity Pub Date : 2026-03-12 DOI:10.1007/s40519-026-01829-5

María J Triguero-López, M Inmaculada Moreno-García, Manuel Morales-Ortiz

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Abstract

This study aimed to examine associations between obsessive personality traits (perfectionism, desire for control, and cognitive flexibility) and eating-related symptomatology in a non-clinical sample of young adults. The objective was to explore which subdimensions were most strongly associated with eating attitudes. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 890 students aged 18-25 years, who completed validated self-report measures: the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (Garner and Garfinkel in Psychol Med 9(2):273-279, 1979), the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) (Frost et al. in Cognit Ther Res 14(5):449-468, 1990), the Desirability of Control Scale (Burger and Cooper in Motiv Emot 3(4):381-393, 1979), and the Personalised Psychological Flexibility Index (PPFI) (Kashdan et al. in Psychol Assess 32(9):829-850, 2020). Regression analyses were conducted controlling for sex and age. The results indicated statistically significant but modest associations between several subdimensions of perfectionism, cognitive flexibility, desire for control, and eating-related symptomatology. These findings expand the previous evidence on obsessive personality traits in relation to eating behaviours and should be interpreted as exploratory and correlational in nature.Level of evidence: 2 (observational, cross-sectional study).

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强迫性人格特征与饮食失调的关系。

本研究旨在研究强迫性人格特征（完美主义、控制欲和认知灵活性）与饮食相关症状之间的联系，研究对象为非临床的年轻人。目的是探索哪些子维度与饮食态度联系最密切。对890名年龄在18-25岁之间的学生进行了横断面研究，他们完成了有效的自我报告测量：饮食态度测试（EAT-26）（Garner and Garfinkel in Psychol Med 9(2): 274 -279, 1979）， Frost多维完美主义量表（FMPS）（Frost et al. in Cognit Ther Res 14(5):449-468, 1990），控制欲量表（Burger and Cooper in Motiv emoot 3(4):381-393, 1979），以及个性化心理灵活性指数（PPFI）（Kashdan et al. in Psychol Assess 32(9):829- 850,2020）。控制性别和年龄进行回归分析。结果表明，完美主义、认知灵活性、控制欲望和饮食相关症状的几个子维度之间存在统计学上显著但适度的关联。这些发现扩展了之前关于强迫性人格特征与饮食行为相关的证据，应该被解释为探索性和相关性。证据水平：2（观察性，横断面研究）。

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Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

10.30%

发文量

170

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity is a scientific journal whose main purpose is to create an international forum devoted to the several sectors of eating disorders and obesity and the significant relations between them. The journal publishes basic research, clinical and theoretical articles on eating disorders and weight-related problems: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, subthreshold eating disorders, obesity, atypical patterns of eating behaviour and body weight regulation in clinical and non-clinical populations.