Self-reported competencies and problems among Swedish girls with eating disorders and a control sample, using the youth self-report.
OBJECTIVE
To study self-reported competencies and problems in adolescent girls with eating disorders, anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) compared to matched normal controls.


METHODS
The Youth Self-Report (YSR) was completed by 211 girls between 13 and 17 years of age with eating disorders and 211 controls matched for age, sex, and geographical area.


RESULTS
Girls with eating disorders scored lower on all competence scales and higher on most problem 'scales compared to controls. Type of diagnosis had no effect on competence scales, but BN-patients scored higher than AN- and EDNOS-patients on many problem scales. AN-bingers/purgers reported more problems than restrictors on somatic complaints, delinquent behaviour, and the externalizing dimension.


CONCLUSIONS
We conclude that the YSR gives important information concerning self-reported competencies and concomitant symptoms of general psychopathology in eating disordered adolescent girls.
Ekeroth
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Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden. kerstin.ekeroth@psy.gu.se
Engström
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Hägglöf
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Broberg
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D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology