G. Palme et J. Palme, PERSONALITY-CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALES SEEKING TREATMENT FOR OBESITY,BULIMIA-NERVOSA AND ALCOHOLIC DISORDERS, Personality and individual differences, 26(2), 1999, pp. 255-263
The personality traits of 134 female patients, seeking treatment for o
besity, bulimia nervosa and alcoholism in Stockholm were assessed with
the KSP personality inventory. The results indicate that the personal
ity traits of women seeking treatment for obese, bulimic and alcoholic
problems are very similar. Compared to the population average, they w
ere more anti-social, more psychastenic and were also more anxiety pro
ne. The obese subjects showed a similar personality profile as the bul
imic and alcoholic women, but differed less drastically from the popul
ation average. This supports the conclusion that different types of ea
ting and drinking disorders are associated with similar personality tr
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