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Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation

Kane, Tamsin, Loxton, Natalie, Staiger, Petra K. and Dawe, Sharon 2004, Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation, Personality and individual differences, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 83-94, doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00070-9.

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Title Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation
Author(s) Kane, Tamsin
Loxton, Natalie
Staiger, Petra K.ORCID iD for Staiger, Petra K. orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5015
Dawe, Sharon
Journal name Personality and individual differences
Volume number 36
Issue number 1
Start page 83
End page 94
Publisher Pergamon
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2004-01
ISSN 0191-8869
1873-3549
Keyword(s) impulsiveness
alcohol
bulimia
personality
behavioural tasks
CARROT
Summary The co-occurrence of problem drinking and binge eating and purging has been well documented. However, there has been relatively little investigation of etiological models that may influence the development of this  co-occurrence. This study tests the hypotheses that impulsivity is heightened in eating disordered women compared with controls, and that women with comorbid bulimia and alcohol use disorders show higher impulsivity than bulimic-only women. The Impulsivity scale, BIS/BAS scales, State Anxiety Inventory, and a behavioural measure of reward responsiveness (CARROT) were administered to 22 women with bulimia, 23 women with comorbid bulimia and alcohol abuse/dependence, and 21 control women. As hypothesised, eating disordered women scored higher than controls on several self-report measures of impulsivity and sorted cards faster during a financially rewarded trial on the behavioural task. Also, as predicted, comorbid women scored higher than bulimic women on the Impulsivity scale. These findings suggest that individual differences in impulsiveness and a tendency to approach rewarding stimuli may contribute to developing these disorders.
Language eng
DOI 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00070-9
Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2003, Elsevier Ltd
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002697

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Health
School of Psychology
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