title: Examining the relationship between selective attentional bias for food- and body-related stimuli and purging behaviour in bulimia nervosa.
abstract: Previous research exploring cognitive biases in bulimia nervosa suggests that attentional biases occur for both food-related and body-related cues. Individuals with bulimia were compared to non-bulimic controls on an emotional-Stroop task which contained both food-related and body-related cues. Results indicated that bulimics (but not controls) demonstrated a cognitive bias for both food-related and body-related cues. However, a discrepancy between the two cue-types was observed with body-related cognitive biases showing the most robust effects and food-related cognitive biases being the most strongly associated with the severity of the disorder. The results may have implications for clinical practice as bulimics with an increased cognitive bias for food-related cues indicated increased bulimic disorder severity.
authors: School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK. Electronic address: alberyip@lsbu.ac.uk.
authors: Ian P
authors: IP
authors: Albery
authors: Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Wilcockson
authors: School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Frings
authors: School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
authors: Antony C
authors: AC
authors: Moss
authors: Studi Cognitivi, Milan, Italy; Sigmund Freud University, Milan, Italy.
authors: Gabriele
authors: G
authors: Caselli
authors: School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
authors: Marcantonio M
authors: MM
authors: Spada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000070379:Attentional Bias; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057190:Stroop Test; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attentional bias; Bulimia nervosa; Cognitive bias; Purging