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The associations between autistic traits and disordered eating/drive for muscularity are independent of anxiety and depression in females but not males
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Galvin, John, Evans, Elizabeth H., Talbot, Catherine V., Wilson, Claire and Richards, Gareth (2022) The associations between autistic traits and disordered eating/drive for muscularity are independent of anxiety and depression in females but not males. PLoS One, 17 (10). e0276249. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276249 ISSN 1932-6203.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276249
Abstract
Previous research has shown a positive correlation between autistic traits and eating disorder symptoms, and this relationship appears to be independent of co-occurring mental health status. The current study followed a pre-registered analysis plan with the aim to investigate a previously unconsidered factor in the relationship between autistic traits and disorders of eating and body image: the drive for muscularity. Participants (N = 1068) completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS). Positive correlations between AQ and EAT-26 and AQ and DMS were observed. In females, AQ remained significantly correlated with EAT-26 and DMS when controlling for co-occurring anxiety and depression symptoms, but this was not the case in males. These findings demonstrate the moderating role of sex, and the need to consider autistic traits in individuals diagnosed with, or at a heightened risk for, disorders of eating and body image.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Autism spectrum disorders , Eating disorders -- Sex differences , Eating disorders in women , Eating disorders in men, Mental health , Anxiety in women , Depression in men | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | PLoS One | ||||||
Publisher: | Public Library of Science | ||||||
ISSN: | 1932-6203 | ||||||
Official Date: | 17 October 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 17 | ||||||
Number: | 10 | ||||||
Article Number: | e0276249 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0276249 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 December 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 December 2022 | ||||||
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