title: Binge eating and temperament in morbidly obese prebariatric surgery patients.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between binge eating and temperament variables, controlling for depression and adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), in 90 extremely obese individuals. The participants completed questionnaires assessing eating pathology, reactive temperament, effortful control, depression and ADHD and were grouped based on the presence of regular binge eating. Patients reporting regular binge eating did not differ from patients not reporting regular binge eating with respect to BMI, age, gender, the occurrence of adult ADHD and reactive temperament. However, individuals with binge eating exhibited more pathological scores with regard to eating pathology, depression and effortful control. A logistic regression analysis revealed that only eating concerns and reduced effortful control remained significantly associated with regular binge eating. Binge eating in morbidly obese individuals appears to be associated with a lack of effortful control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. astrid.mueller@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claes
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horbach
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Zwaan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult