PMID- 32277425
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210623
LR  - 20210623
IS  - 1590-1262 (Electronic)
IS  - 1124-4909 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 2
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Attachment representations and alexithymia in community adolescents with 
      binge-eating attitudes.
PG  - 689-693
LID - 10.1007/s40519-020-00897-5 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The aims of the current study were: (a) to compare community adolescent 
      groups with and without binge eating (BE) on attachment representations and 
      alexithymia, using an age-adapted interview to assess attachment; and (b) to 
      explore the independent role of attachment and alexithymia as potentially related 
      to BE in community adolescents. METHODS: Three hundred eighty-two community 
      adolescents were screened with respect to BE symptoms through the Binge Eating 
      Scale (BES). The 22 girls identified with BE (BE group) and 22 age- and 
      gender-matched peers without BE (NBE group) were assessed with the Friends and 
      Family Interview (FFI) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). RESULTS: Binge 
      eating group reported greater attachment preoccupation in comparison to NBE, 
      while no difference emerged in alexithymia. More insecure attachment patterns, 
      both preoccupied and dismissing, were significantly and independently associated 
      with BES score in community girls. CONCLUSIONS: Insecure attachment, assessed 
      with semi-structured interview, is associated with BE among adolescents' 
      community girls, while apparently alexithymia is not. Future prospective studies 
      should assess the role of attachment in the development of BE in adolescents. 
      LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, case-control analytic study.
FAU - Pace, Cecilia Serena
AU  - Pace CS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1540-3027
AD  - Department of Educational Sciences (DISFOR), University of Genoa, Corso Andrea 
      Podesta, 2, 16128, Genova, GE, Italy. cecilia.pace@unige.it.
FAU - Muzi, Stefania
AU  - Muzi S
AD  - Department of Educational Sciences (DISFOR), University of Genoa, Corso Andrea 
      Podesta, 2, 16128, Genova, GE, Italy.
FAU - Calugi, Simona
AU  - Calugi S
AD  - Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Monte Baldo, 
      89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Dalle Grave, Riccardo
AU  - Dalle Grave R
AD  - Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Monte Baldo, 
      89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200410
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eat Weight Disord
JT  - Eating and weight disorders : EWD
JID - 9707113
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Affective Symptoms
MH  - Attitude
MH  - *Binge-Eating Disorder
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescence
OT  - Alexithymia
OT  - Attachment
OT  - Binge eating
OT  - Community
EDAT- 2020/04/12 06:00
MHDA- 2021/06/24 06:00
CRDT- 2020/04/12 06:00
PHST- 2020/02/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/03/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/06/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s40519-020-00897-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s40519-020-00897-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Mar;26(2):689-693. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-00897-5. Epub 
      2020 Apr 10.