TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the relationship between cognitive style and daily functioning in patients with anorexia nervosa
AU - Talbot, Amy
AU - Hay, Phillipa
AU - Touyz, Stephen
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of cognitive style on the interpersonal functioning and quality of life (QOL) for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Forty-nine individuals with lifetime AN and 43 healthy controls completed the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Matching Familiar Figures Test, and the Rey Complex Figure Task measuring cognitive flexibility, local processing, and global processing, respectively. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing interpersonal functioning and QOL. A small number of significant correlations were observed between cognitive performance and daily functioning as measured by QOL and interpersonal functioning, however, most of these correlations were in the opposite direction to that expected indicating that poorer cognitive performance was associated with fewer difficulties with daily functioning. These results highlight the importance of shifting the focus of future research to attempting to understand the clinical significance of the specific cognitive profile found in patients with AN.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of cognitive style on the interpersonal functioning and quality of life (QOL) for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Forty-nine individuals with lifetime AN and 43 healthy controls completed the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Matching Familiar Figures Test, and the Rey Complex Figure Task measuring cognitive flexibility, local processing, and global processing, respectively. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing interpersonal functioning and QOL. A small number of significant correlations were observed between cognitive performance and daily functioning as measured by QOL and interpersonal functioning, however, most of these correlations were in the opposite direction to that expected indicating that poorer cognitive performance was associated with fewer difficulties with daily functioning. These results highlight the importance of shifting the focus of future research to attempting to understand the clinical significance of the specific cognitive profile found in patients with AN.
KW - anorexia nervosa
KW - cognitive styles
KW - quality of life
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:35303
U2 - 10.1080/21662630.2015.1057858
DO - 10.1080/21662630.2015.1057858
M3 - Article
SN - 2166-2630
VL - 3
SP - 300
EP - 310
JO - Advances in Eating Disorders: theory, research and practice
JF - Advances in Eating Disorders: theory, research and practice
IS - 3
ER -