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Personality Factors and Disordered Eating in Young Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Received Nov. 3, 2003; revision received Feb. 12, 2004; accepted March 10, 2004. From the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University/University Health Network (Toronto Hospital General Division). Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Pollock-BarZiv, Division of Cardiology, Room 6429, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ont. M5G 1X8; s.pollock.barziv{at}utoronto.ca (e-mail).

The authors examined the association between the presence of personality variables implicated in the pathogenesis of eating disorders and the presence of eating disorder symptoms in 51 women with type 1 diabetes. Subjects were assessed with interview instruments and self-report questionnaires, including scales measuring eating disorder symptoms, borderline personality characteristics, and perfectionism. Fourteen subjects displayed moderate to severe eating disorder symptoms. Perfectionism was related to attitudinal aspects of eating disorders (e.g., weight preoccupation), and borderline personality characteristics were related to disordered behaviors (e.g., insulin omission) and poor glycemic control. The results suggest that personality factors are related to disordered eating and poor glycemic control in diabetic women.

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