Hambrook David, Tchanturia Kate, Schmidt Ulrike, Russell Tamara, Treasure Janet
Division of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 2008 Sep;47(Pt 3):335-9. doi: 10.1348/014466507X272475. Epub 2008 Jan 21.
This pilot study examined whether patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) would display an empathizing-systemizing psychometric profile similar to that found in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and whether people with AN would score highly on a measure of autistic traits.
Self-report measures of empathy, systemizing, and autistic traits were administered to 22 female AN patients and 45 female healthy controls (HC).
AN patients and HCs did not differ significantly in their self-reported empathy and systemizing. AN patients scored significantly higher than HCs on the autism-spectrum quotient.
Replication of these findings is required with larger samples and more sensitive measures.
本初步研究探讨神经性厌食症（AN）患者是否会表现出与自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者相似的共情 - 系统化心理测量特征，以及AN患者在自闭症特征测量上是否得分较高。
对22名女性AN患者和45名女性健康对照者（HC）进行了共情、系统化和自闭症特征的自我报告测量。
AN患者和HC在自我报告的共情和系统化方面无显著差异。AN患者在自闭症谱系商数上的得分显著高于HC。
需要用更大的样本和更敏感的测量方法来重复这些研究结果。
