title: [Temperament and character profiles of female adolescent patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Based on the personality model outlined by Robert C. Cloninger, studies in adult patient samples demonstrated that according to distinct personality profiles patients with anorexia nervosa could be differentiated from those with bulimia nervosa, as well as from healthy controls. The current study examines whether these personality-related differences also exist in adolescent patients with eating disorders and a short duration of illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample studied consists of 73 consecutively admitted female patients aged 12 to 18 years, with eating disorders. The German version of the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI) was administered to 29 patients with anorexia nervosa, restricting type (AN-R), to 16 patients with anorexia nervosa, binge-eating/purging type (AN-B), and to 28 patients with bulimia nervosa (BN).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different temperamental factors were most pronounced between AN-R and BN patients, whereas AN-B patients exhibited a personality profile between those of AN-R and BN. BN patients scored higher on Novelty Seeking but lower on Persistence than AN-R patients. In contrast to AN-R patients, both BN and AN-B patients scored lower on Self-Directedness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current results of differential temperamental dimensions in adolescent patients with eating disorders tended to be similar to findings for adult patients, which strengthens the assumption that distinct personality factors underlie the different subtypes of eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hueg
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haffner
authors.forename: Luise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poustka
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parzer
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013694:Temperament