@article{ref1, title="The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and the UPPS-P impulsivity facets in eating disorders and healthy controls", journal="PLoS one", year="2015", author="Claes, Laurence and Islam, Mohammed A. and Fagundo, Ana B. and Jimenez-Murcia, Susana and Granero, Roser and Agüera, Zaida and Rossi, Elisa and Menchón, Jose M. and Fernández-Aranda, Fernando", volume="10", number="5", pages="e0126083-e0126083", abstract="In the present study, we investigated the association between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and the UPPS-P impulsivity facets in eating disorder patients and healthy controls. The prevalence of NSSI in eating disorder (ED) patients ranged from 17% in restrictive anorexia nervosa (AN-R) patients to 43% in patients with bulimia nervosa (BN). In healthy controls (HC), the prevalence of NSSI was 19%. Eating disorder patients from the binge eating/purging type showed significantly more NSSI compared to restrictive ED and HC participants. Binge-eating/purging ED patients also scored significantly higher on Negative/Positive Urgency, Lack of Premeditation and Lack of Perseverance compared to HC and restrictive ED patients. Comparable findings were found between ED patients and HC with and without NSSI; ED patients and HC with NSSI scored significantly higher in four of the five UPPS-P dimensions compared to participants without NSSI; Sensation Seeking was the exception. Finally, the presence of NSSI in HC/ED patients was particularly predicted by low levels of Perseverance. Therefore, the treatment of ED patients with NSSI certainly needs to focus on the training of effortful control.

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", language="en", issn="1932-6203", doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0126083", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126083" }