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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1438829

Comparison among anorexia nervosa adolescents with or without previous overweight, obese, and healthy adolescents

Provisionally accepted

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    Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) and obesity (OB) are relevant concerns in adolescence. Despite their contrasting phenotypes, they share common pathogenic origins and may be present in the same individual at different times. We explored the psychopathology and attachment features of adolescents with AN who did (AN-ow) or did not (AN-nw) have previous overweight, compared with OB adolescents and healthy control (HC) adolescents.In total, 148 female adolescents referred to an outpatient clinic for an eating disorder (66 for AN and 42 for OB) and 40 HCs were assessed using self-administered instruments that measured parenting, attachment, eating, and general psychopathology.Group differences were tested by analysis of covariance, and correlations between variables were examined.

    Keywords: No organization funded this study. The researcher FA adolescence, Anorexia Nervosa, Obesity, Psychopathology, Attachment

    Received: 26 May 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Amianto, Sertori, Davico, Marcotulli and VITIELLO. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Federico Amianto, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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