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Ian P. Albery
Ian P.
Albery
Thom Wilcockson
Thom
Wilcockson
Daniel Frings
Daniel
Frings
Antony C. Moss
Antony C.
Moss
Gabriele Caselli
Gabriele
Caselli
Marcantonio M. Spada
Marcantonio M.
Spada
Examining the relationship between selective attentional bias for food- and body-related stimuli and purging behaviour in bulimia nervosa
Loughborough University
2019
Attentional bias
Bulimia nervosa
Cognitive bias
Purging
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
2019-04-04 10:30:56
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Examining_the_relationship_between_selective_attentional_bias_for_food-_and_body-related_stimuli_and_purging_behaviour_in_bulimia_nervosa/9630239
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.