Tiffany A Brown, Irina A Vanzhula, Erin E Reilly, Cheri A Levinson, Laura A Berner, Angeline Krueger, Jason M Lavender, Walter H Kaye, Christina E Wierenga
Interoceptive awareness (IA), or the awareness of internal body states, is known to be impaired in individuals with eating disorders (EDs); however, little is understood about how IA and ED symptoms are connected. Network analysis is a statistical approach useful for examining how symptoms interrelate and how comorbidities may be maintained. The present study used network analysis to (1) test central symptoms within an IA-ED network, (2) identify symptoms that may bridge the association between IA and ED symptoms, and (3) explore whether central and bridge symptoms predict ED remission at discharge from intensive treatment...
March 23, 2020: Journal of Abnormal Psychology