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The troubled self in women with severe eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa). A study using interviews, self-reports, and percept-genetic methods.

Johnsson, Per LU ; Smith, Gudmund LU and Amnér, Gunilla LU (2001) In Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 55(5). p.9-343
Abstract
Fifteen anorectic (A) and 13 bulimic (B) patients aged 20-49 years, all seriously ill, and 21 controls were studied, using a half-structured interview, the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, the tachistoscopic Identity Test (IT), and two other percept-genetic tests. The differences between A and B were not particularly pronounced, A patients being on the whole more sensitive and self-directed, and B patients more depressive and object-directed. The IT differentiated between patients and controls very powerfully with regard to alexithymia. A type of response in that test, emphasizing the eyes, was seen as a search for guidance. Descriptions of mother were generally negative.
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Anorexia Nervosa : psychology, Bulimia : psychology, Comparative Study, Defense Mechanisms, Female, Human, Internal-External Control, Interview, Psychological : methods, Middle Age, Reproducibility of Results, Questionnaires, Bulimia : complications, Adult, Affective Symptoms : psychology, Affective Symptoms : complications, Anorexia Nervosa : complications, Self Concept
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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
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Informa Healthcare
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1502-4725
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10.1080/080394801317080855
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  author       = {{Johnsson, Per and Smith, Gudmund and Amnér, Gunilla}},
  issn         = {{1502-4725}},
  keywords     = {{Anorexia Nervosa : psychology; Bulimia : psychology; Comparative Study; Defense Mechanisms; Female; Human; Internal-External Control; Interview; Psychological : methods; Middle Age; Reproducibility of Results; Questionnaires; Bulimia : complications; Adult; Affective Symptoms : psychology; Affective Symptoms : complications; Anorexia Nervosa : complications; Self Concept}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{9--343}},
  publisher    = {{Informa Healthcare}},
  series       = {{Nordic Journal of Psychiatry}},
  title        = {{The troubled self in women with severe eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa). A study using interviews, self-reports, and percept-genetic methods.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/080394801317080855}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/080394801317080855}},
  volume       = {{55}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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