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Self-Monitoring in Anorexia Nervosa

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  • Rachel Bachner-Melman

    (Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, msrbach@mscc.huji.ac.il, and Psychiatry, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusaelem, Israel)

  • Ada H. Zohar

    (Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel)

  • Ilana Kremer

    (Psychiatry, HaEmek Hospital, Afula, Psychiatry, Technion, Haifa, Israel)

  • Maria Komer

    (Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services, HaEmek Hospital, Afula)

  • Shulamit Blank

    (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot)

  • Moria Golan

    (Nutritional Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, and Shahaf, Eating Disorders Intensive Treatment Center, Kibbutz Naan, Israel)

  • Richard P. Ebstein

    (Scheinfeld Center for Human Genetics in the Social Sciences, Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel)

Abstract

Background: A possible connection between Mark Snyder's concept of self-monitoring and anorexia nervosa (AN) has not previously been examined. Aims: We hypothesized that AN symptomatology correlates positively with the Other-Directedness aspect of Snyder's self-monitoring construct and negatively with its Extraversion aspect. Method: 194 women with a history of AN were classified as currently ill ( n = 17), partially recovered ( n = 106) and recovered ( n = 71).These women and 100 female controls with no history of an eating disorder completed Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale (SMS) and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). `Other-Directedness' and `Acting and Extraversion'subscales were derived from an exploratory factor analysis of the Hebrew version of the SMS. Mean total and subscale scores were compared across groups, and correlations were calculated between EAT-26 scores and SMS total and subscale scores. Results: Both subscales of the SMS correlated significantly with total scores but not with one another. As expected, AN symptomatology and EAT-26 scores were associated positively with Other-Directedness yet negatively with Acting and Extraversion, rendering the correlation with total SMS scores insignificant. Conclusion: Different aspects of Snyder's self-monitoring construct correlate in opposite directions with eating pathology and AN symptomatology. AN appears to be associated with high Other-Directedness but low Acting and Extroversion.

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  • Rachel Bachner-Melman & Ada H. Zohar & Ilana Kremer & Maria Komer & Shulamit Blank & Moria Golan & Richard P. Ebstein, 2009. "Self-Monitoring in Anorexia Nervosa," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 55(2), pages 170-179, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:55:y:2009:i:2:p:170-179
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764008094647
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    1. Talmon, Anat & Tsur, Noga, 2021. "Intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment and eating disorder behaviors: Shedding light on the mother-daughter dyad and grandmother-mother-daughter triad," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

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