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Front Psychol. 2017 Apr 06;8:480. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00480. eCollection 2017.

Content Analysis of the Construction of Self and Others in Women with Bulimia Nervosa.

Frontiers in psychology

Gloria Dada, Sheila Izu, Claudia Montebruno, Antoni Grau, Guillem Feixas

Affiliations

  1. Werklund School of Education - Counselling Psychology, University of Calgary, CalgaryAB, Canada.
  2. Clinical Psychology, Centro ArboretumSan Salvador, El Salvador.
  3. Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain.
  4. Centro AidaSantiago, Chile.
  5. Institut de Trastorns AlimentarisBarcelona, Spain.

PMID: 28428765 PMCID: PMC5382152 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00480

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the content of personal constructs in people diagnosed with bulimia nervosa (BN). We expected to find differences in the predominant content of the construct systems between women with and without BN. We analyzed the constructs elicited using the repertory grid technique from 120 women aged between 18 to 45 years, divided into two groups: a clinical group of women diagnosed with bulimia (

Keywords: RepGrid; bulimia nervosa; content analysis; eating disorders; personal construct

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