Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report

Giuseppe Alessio Carbone; Elena De Rossi; Elisabeth Prevete; Lorenzo Tarsitani; Ornella Corazza; Chiara Massullo; Benedetto Farina; Massimo Pasquini; Ines Taddei; Massimo Biondi; Claudio Imperatori; Francesco Saverio Bersani

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Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report

Giuseppe Alessio Carbone, Elena De Rossi, Elisabeth Prevete, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Ornella Corazza, Chiara Massullo, Benedetto Farina, Massimo Pasquini, Ines Taddei, Massimo Biondi, Claudio Imperatori, Francesco Saverio Bersani

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Purpose: Studies have shown significant associations of dissociative symptoms with both eating and addictive disorders; however, the different forms of dissociation have been relatively understudied in relation to food addiction (FA). The main aim of this study was to investigate the association of certain forms of dissociative experiences (i.e., absorption, detachment and compartmentalization) with FA symptoms in a nonclinical sample.

Methods: Participants (N = 755; 543 women; age range: 18–65; mean age: 28.22 ± 9.99 years) were evaluated using self‐report measures of FA, dissociation, eating disturbances, and general psychopathology.
Results: Compartmentalization experiences (defined as pathological over-segregation of higher mental functions) were independently associated with FA symptoms (β = 0.174; p = 0.013; CI = [0.008; 0.064]) even when confounding factors were controlled for.

Conclusion: This finding suggests that compartmentalization symptoms can have a role in the conceptualization of FA, with such two phenomena possibly sharing common pathogenic processes. Level of evidence: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.

Original language	English
Article number	28
Pages (from-to)	28
Number of pages	9
Journal	Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
Volume	28
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-023-01555-2
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2023

Keywords

Original Article
Food addiction
Dissociative symptoms
Compartmentalization
Eating disturbances
Psychopathology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Self Report
Young Adult
Adolescent
Food Addiction
Adult
Behavior, Addictive
Female
Aged

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Carbone, G. A., De Rossi, E., Prevete, E., Tarsitani, L., Corazza, O., Massullo, C., Farina, B., Pasquini, M., Taddei, I., Biondi, M., Imperatori, C., & Bersani, F. S. (2023). Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity , 28(1), 28. Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-023-01555-2

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Carbone, GA, De Rossi, E, Prevete, E, Tarsitani, L, Corazza, O, Massullo, C, Farina, B, Pasquini, M, Taddei, I, Biondi, M, Imperatori, C & Bersani, FS 2023, 'Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report', Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity , vol. 28, no. 1, 28, pp. 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-023-01555-2

Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report. / Carbone, Giuseppe Alessio; De Rossi, Elena; Prevete, Elisabeth et al.
In: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity , Vol. 28, No. 1, 28, 03.03.2023, p. 28.

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