title: Personality in men with eating disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compares personality variables of men with eating disorders to women with eating disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained from an international study of the genetics of eating disorders. Forty-two male participants were age-band matched at 1:2 ratio to females from the same study. Personality features were compared between males and females controlling for diagnostic subgroup.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Males with eating disorders appear to be slightly less at risk for perfectionism, harm avoidance, reward dependence, and cooperativeness than females. Few differences were found when diagnostic subgroup was considered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Observed differences in personality variables may help explain the difference in incidence and prevalence of eating disorders in men and women.
authors.affiliation: Program for Eating Disorders, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. b.woodside@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: D Blake
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Woodside
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Klump
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tozzi
authors.forename: Manfred M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fichter
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Halmi
authors.forename: Allan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strober
authors.forename: Bernie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devlin
authors.forename: Silviu-Alin
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bacanu
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganjei
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crow
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rotondo
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keel
authors.forename: Wade H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Berrettini
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires