An investigation of indirect effects of personality features on anorexia nervosa severity through interoceptive dysfunction in individuals with lifetime anorexia nervosa diagnoses.
Mary E DuffyMegan L RogerThomas E JoinerAndrew W BergenWade BerrettiniCynthia M BulikHarry BrandtSteven CrawfordScott J CrowManfred Maximilian FichterKatherine A HalmiAllan S KaplanKelly L KlumpLisa LilenfeldPierre J MagistrettiJames E MitchellNicholas J SchorkMichael StroberLaura M ThorntonJanet TreasureD Blake WoodsideWalter H KayePamela K KeelPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2019)
Findings suggest that certain personality features may relate to AN severity, in part, through their associations with interoceptive dysfunction. Future research should examine prospective associations and the value of interventions targeting interoceptive dysfunction for interrupting the link between personality and AN severity.