Personality pathology in bulimics versus controls.
The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) was administered to 37 bulimic women, as well as 32 female general psychiatric outpatients and 30 normal women in order to assess contrasts in prevalence of various types of personality pathology among the three groups. Bulimic women displayed significantly greater pathology on scales measuring dependent and avoidant characteristics. However, they were not significantly different from female psychiatric outpatients with regard to most types of personality pathology. Results are discussed within the framework of previous literature on personality characteristics and disorders within the bulimic population.
Pendleton
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Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
Tisdale
M
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Marler
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics