Personality subtypes in female pre-bariatric obese patients: do they differ in eating disorder symptoms, psychological complaints and coping behaviour?
In the pre-bariatric psychological assessment of 102 morbidly obese women, two personality subtypes emerged: a resilient/high functioning subtype with a 'normal' personality profile and an emotional dysregulated/ undercontrolled subtype, characterized by high neuroticism and low extraversion/conscientiousness. Emotional dysregulated/ undercontrolled patients showed more concerns about eating/weight/shape, more binge eating driven by emotions and external triggers, more psychological complaints (such as depression and anxiety) and more avoidance and depressive coping reactions than resilient/high functioning patients. Further research should clarify whether these clearly different psychological profiles are related to different outcomes (weight loss or well-being) of bariatric surgery.
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Laurence.claes@ppw.kuleuven.be
Laurence
L
Claes
Walter
W
Vandereycken
An
A
Vandeputte
Caroline
C
Braet
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000523:psychology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003863:Depression; D004644:Emotions; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000075384:Neuroticism; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D055815:Young Adult