title: The relationship among compulsive buying, compulsive internet use and temperament in a sample of female patients with eating disorders.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association among compulsive buying (CB), compulsive internet use (CIU) and reactive/regulative temperament in a sample of 60 female patients with eating disorders. All patients were assessed by means of the Compulsive Buying Scale, the CIU scale, the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, the Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System scales, the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology and the effortful control scale of the Adult Temperament Questionnaire. The results showed a positive association between CB and CIU, both categorized as impulse control disorders, not otherwise specified. Both CB and CIU showed significantly positive correlations with emotional lability, excitement seeking and lack of effortful control (more specifically lack of inhibitory and lack of activation control). The implication of these findings for the treatment of both disorders will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Laurence.claes@psy.kuleuven.be
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claes
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norré
authors.forename: Leen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Assche
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015897:Comorbidity; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult