Meta-Analysis of Theory of Mind in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A Specific Impairment of Cognitive Perspective Taking in Anorexia Nervosa?


BORA İ. E., KÖSE S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, vol.49, no.8, pp.739-749, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/eat.22572
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.739-749
  • Keywords: social cognition, theory of mind, eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, CENTRAL COHERENCE, EATING-DISORDERS, SOCIAL COGNITION, EMOTIONAL THEORY, POOR INSIGHT, ADOLESCENTS, ILLNESS, NEUROCOGNITION, SCHIZOPHRENIA
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Deficits in theory of mind (ToM), ability to infer mental states of others, can play a significant role in interpersonal difficulties and/ or unawareness of illness observed in AN and other eating disorders including bulimia Nervosa (BN).