Eating-Related Intrusive Thoughts Inventory

Exploring the Dimensionality of Eating Disorder Symptoms

Bibliographic Data

ID13664015
AuthorsConxa Perpiñtá (Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute de Salud Carlos III, corresponding author), María Roncero (0000-0002-4213-3106, Universitat de València), Amparo Belloch (0000-0002-4280-9946, Universitat de València), Sergio Sánchez-Reales (0000-0002-5327-465X, Universitat de València)
Year2011
Volume109
Issue1
Pages108-126
Publication date2011-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/02.09.13.18.pr0.109.4.108-126
PMID22049653
OpenAlexW1971079340
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

The aims of this study were, first, to examine the structure and validity of the Eating-related Intrusive Thoughts Inventory (INPIAS), a self-report questionnaire designed to assess eating disorders related to intrusive thoughts (EDITs), and second, to explore the existence of a continuum ranging from normal to abnormal thought intrusions related to eating, weight, and shape. Participants were 574 (408 women) nonclinical community individuals. Analyses revealed that EDITs can be clustered into three sets: appearance-dieting, need to exercise, and thoughts-impulses related to eating disorders. EDITs' consequences showed a two-factor structure: emotional consequences/personal meaning and thought-action fusion responsibility; and four factors of strategies: "anxiety," suppression, obsessive-compulsive rituals, and distraction. The sample was then divided according to reported restrained eating. The High dietary restraint group reported a higher frequency of EDITs, whereas differences in the other factors were mediated by depression, anxiety, and obsessionality. The results suggest that eating disorder-related cognitions are experienced by nonclinical individuals, and distributed on a continuum

Anxiety · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Dieting · Eating disorders · Obesity · Psychiatry · Thought suppression · Weight loss · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology

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