title: Male eating disorder patients with and without non-suicidal self-injury: a comparison of psychopathological and personality features.
abstract: In the present study, we investigated the prevalence and comorbidity of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in male eating disorder (ED) patients. In total, 130 male ED patients completed a list of 10 impulse-control problems (including NSSI), the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised and the Temperament and Character Inventory. Overall, 21% of the male ED patients (n = 27) engaged in at least one type of NSSI, and we did not find significant differences between the ED subtypes. Self-injurious male ED patients showed significantly more severe ED symptoms and more affective, interpersonal and impulse-control problems than ED patients without NSSI. As previously described in female ED, our data confirm the affect regulation and impulse regulation functions of NSSI in male ED patients.
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: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Murcia
authors.forename: Zaida
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Agüera
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Jose Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Menchón
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández-Aranda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology