Changes in selective information processing with three psychological treatments for bulimia nervosa.
Data from a treatment trial were used to test whether interference with colour-naming eating, shape and weight related words on the Stroop colour-naming task changed with treatment. Interference decreased with treatment and there was no difference between three treatments in the size of this effect. These findings suggest that interference with colour-naming words related to eating, shape and weight in subjects with bulimia nervosa may be a useful objective measure of patients' concerns about these issues.
Cooper
M J
MJ
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Fairburn
C G
CG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000628:therapy*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003118:Color Perception; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D012649:Self Concept