Is season of birth related to disordered eating and personality in women with eating disorders?

N. K. Shuman; I. Krug; M. Maxwell; A. Poyastro Pinheiro; T. Brewerton; L. M. Thornton; W. H. Berrettini; H. Brandt; S. Crawford; S. Crow; M. M. Fichter; K. A. Halmi; C. Johnson; A. S. Kaplan; P. Keel; M. LaVia; J. Mitchell; A. Rotondo; M. Strober; D. Blake Woodside; W. H. Kaye; Cynthia M. Bulik

doi:10.1007/BF03325297

Is season of birth related to disordered eating and personality in women with eating disorders?

N. K. Shuman, I. Krug, M. Maxwell, A. Poyastro Pinheiro, T. Brewerton, L. M. Thornton, W. H. Berrettini, H. Brandt, S. Crawford, S. Crow, M. M. Fichter, K. A. Halmi, C. Johnson, A. S. Kaplan, P. Keel, M. LaVia, J. Mitchell, A. Rotondo, M. Strober, D. Blake WoodsideW. H. Kaye, Cynthia M. Bulik

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Abstract

We assessed the relation between season of birth and eating disorder symptoms and personality characteristics in a sample of 880 women with eating disorders and 580 controls from two Price Foundation Studies. Eating disorder symptoms were assessed using the Structured Interview of Anorexic and Bulimic Disorders and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Personality traits were assessed using the Temperament and Character Inventory and the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Date of birth was obtained from a sociodemographic questionnaire. No significant differences were observed 1) in season of birth across eating disorder subtypes and controls; nor 2) for any clinical or personality variables and season of birth. We found no evidence of season of birth variation in eating disorders symptoms or personality traits. Contributing to previous conflicting findings, the present results do not support a season of birth hypothesis for eating disorders.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e186-e189
Journal	Eating and Weight Disorders
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03325297
State	Published - Sep 2010

Keywords

Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders
Season of birth

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Shuman, N. K., Krug, I., Maxwell, M., Poyastro Pinheiro, A., Brewerton, T., Thornton, L. M., Berrettini, W. H., Brandt, H., Crawford, S., Crow, S., Fichter, M. M., Halmi, K. A., Johnson, C., Kaplan, A. S., Keel, P., LaVia, M., Mitchell, J., Rotondo, A., Strober, M., ... Bulik, C. M. (2010). Is season of birth related to disordered eating and personality in women with eating disorders? Eating and Weight Disorders, 15(3), e186-e189. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03325297

Shuman, NK, Krug, I, Maxwell, M, Poyastro Pinheiro, A, Brewerton, T, Thornton, LM, Berrettini, WH, Brandt, H, Crawford, S, Crow, S, Fichter, MM, Halmi, KA, Johnson, C, Kaplan, AS, Keel, P, LaVia, M, Mitchell, J, Rotondo, A, Strober, M, Blake Woodside, D, Kaye, WH & Bulik, CM 2010, 'Is season of birth related to disordered eating and personality in women with eating disorders?', Eating and Weight Disorders, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. e186-e189. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03325297

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