Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Via degli Aldobrandeschi 190, 00163, Rome, Italy.
Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Eat Weight Disord. 2023 Mar 3;28(1):28. doi: 10.1007/s40519-023-01555-2.
Studies have shown significant associations of dissociative symptoms with both eating and addictive disorders; however, the different forms of dissociation have been relatively understudied in relation to food addiction (FA). The main aim of this study was to investigate the association of certain forms of dissociative experiences (i.e., absorption, detachment and compartmentalization) with FA symptoms in a nonclinical sample.
Participants (N = 755; 543 women; age range: 18-65; mean age: 28.22 ± 9.99 years) were evaluated using self-report measures of FA, dissociation, eating disturbances, and general psychopathology.
Compartmentalization experiences (defined as pathological over-segregation of higher mental functions) were independently associated with FA symptoms (β = 0.174; p = 0.013; CI = [0.008; 0.064]) even when confounding factors were controlled for.
This finding suggests that compartmentalization symptoms can have a role in the conceptualization of FA, with such two phenomena possibly sharing common pathogenic processes.
Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
研究表明，分离症状与饮食障碍和成瘾障碍均显著相关；然而，在与食物成瘾（FA）有关的研究中，不同形式的分离相对较少。本研究的主要目的是在非临床样本中调查某些形式的分离体验（即吸收、分离和分隔）与 FA 症状之间的关联。
参与者（N=755；543 名女性；年龄范围：18-65；平均年龄：28.22±9.99 岁）使用自我报告的 FA、分离、饮食障碍和一般精神病理学的测量方法进行评估。
分隔体验（定义为高等心理功能的病理性过度分离）与 FA 症状独立相关（β=0.174；p=0.013；CI=[0.008；0.064]），即使在控制了混杂因素后也是如此。
这一发现表明，分隔症状可能在 FA 的概念化中发挥作用，这两种现象可能具有共同的发病机制。
V 级，横断面描述性研究。
