We investigated self-injurious behaviors and body modification practices in eating disorder patients, considering different ED diagnoses and illness severities. Of the total sample, 50.9% showed at least one form of self-injury and 50.9% reported at least one tattoo, piercing, or both. Patients reporting only body modifications showed more positive feelings toward their bodies, higher levels of self-esteem, less impulsivity, depression, and anxiety, and lower levels of social dysfunction than those reporting only self-injury or both self-injury and body modifications. Self-injury was influenced by both diagnosis and severity of disorders.
Iannaccone, M., Cella, S., Manzi, S. A., Visconti, L., Manzi, F., Cotrufo, P., My Body and Me: Self-Injurious Behaviors and Body Modifications in Eating Disorders—Preliminary Results, <<EATING DISORDERS>>, 2013; (21(2)): 130-139 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/76175]
My Body and Me: Self-Injurious Behaviors and Body Modifications in Eating Disorders—Preliminary Results
Manzi, Federico;
2013
Abstract
We investigated self-injurious behaviors and body modification practices in eating disorder patients, considering different ED diagnoses and illness severities. Of the total sample, 50.9% showed at least one form of self-injury and 50.9% reported at least one tattoo, piercing, or both. Patients reporting only body modifications showed more positive feelings toward their bodies, higher levels of self-esteem, less impulsivity, depression, and anxiety, and lower levels of social dysfunction than those reporting only self-injury or both self-injury and body modifications. Self-injury was influenced by both diagnosis and severity of disorders.
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