A Survey of Biographical and Psychological Features in Extraordinary Fatness

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ID19306460
AuthorsRoland Atkinson (Staten Island University Hospital), ROLAND M ATKINSON, Eugene L Ringuette (UCLA Health)
Year1967
Volume29
Issue2
Pages121-133
Publication date1967-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-196703000-00003
PMID4382124
OpenAlexW2317253025
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

Twenty-one very obese adults, with a median of 131% over actuarial average weights, were surveyed by interviews and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The group did not differ from some less obese groups reported by other investigators for frequency of family obesity, reactive eating, reported family feeding conflicts, sibship position, parental overprotection, and psychiatric diagnoses. Factors which appeared homogeneous and distinctive for this group included early onset of obesity, massive weights by midadolescence, and ability to lose large amounts of weight temporarily. Two frequently assessed personality traits were overcontrol of emotions and indirect expression of hostility. Some factors, such as number of obese family members, sibship position, and reported parental overprotection, served to distinguish significantly a subgroup judged low in psychopathology from a subgroup judged high for this variable

Developmental psychology · Hostility · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Obesity · Overweight · Personality · Psychopathology · Type A and Type B personality theory · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology

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