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Original Articles

Weak central coherence in eating disorders: A step towards looking for an endophenotype of eating disorders

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Pages 117-125 | Received 08 Oct 2007, Accepted 03 Mar 2008, Published online: 16 Dec 2008
 

Abstract

Previous work has found that women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have weak coherence. The aim of this study was to examine whether women who had recovered from an eating disorder (ED) also had weak coherence. A total of 42 recovered ED women and 42 healthy women were assessed with a battery of five neuropsychological tests that measure aspects of global or local functioning. The recovered ED group showed superior local processing and poorer global processing than the healthy group. These results are indicative of weak coherence. The finding that weak coherence is a stable characteristic rather than a state effect suggests that it may be an endophenotype for ED.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Nina Jackson Research Into Eating Disorders (RIED). Carolina Lopez was also funded by a Chilean government scholarship.

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