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Results The men/women ratio was one to five. The most fre-
quent EDs in males was Binge Eating Disorder, whereas in females
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa prevailed. Excessive exer-
cising and fasting were the most common dysfunctional behaviors
in men, while self-induced vomiting and laxative-diuretic abuse
were more typical in women. Mood and Somatoform Disorders
were more common in women, whereas Anxiety and Psychosis
Disorders in males. Within personality disorders, borderline and
histrionic prevailed in female, while narcissistic and anti-social in
males.
Conclusions Male compared to female EDs, show differences in
clinical presentation, symptoms and co-morbidities. The increased
proportion of affected men should alert general practitioners, cli-
nicians and psychologists working in non-specialized settings to
be more aware of the possibilities of encountering an ED in men
and of the need of exploring the eating habits in all male patients.
The finding of a more pronounced physical hyperactivity in men in
order to achieve an ideal body shape which is muscular and athletic
suggests the need of a deeper attention to sex-different symptoms
and behaviors declination.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Shame traumatic memories and body
image shame in Binge Eating
Disorder: Can memories of warmth
and safeness buffer this link?
C. Duarte∗, J. Pinto-Gouveia
CINEICC, Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and
Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,
Coimbra, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Growing research show that body image-related
shame plays a particularly important role in the vulnerability to
and persistence of Binge eating symptoms. Also, shame experi-
ences from childhood and adolescence were found to function as
traumatic memories and are significantly associated with eating
psychopathology. Nonetheless, little is known about the effect of
shame traumatic memories in Binge Eating Disorder (BED), and
whether early positive emotional memories of warmth and safe-
ness may buffer against the impact of shame memories on body
image shame.
Aims This study examined the moderator effect of positive emo-
tional memories on the association between shame traumatic
memories and current body image shame in women diagnosed
with BED.
Methods Participants (N = 109) were assessed through the eating
disorder examination and the shame experiences interview, and
answered to self-report measures assessing the traumatic features
of a key shame memory, positive emotional memories s and body
image shame.
Results Body image-related experiences were most frequently
recalled as significant shame memories. Positive emotional mem-
ories were negatively associated with shame traumatic memories
and body image shame, and had a significant moderator effect on
the association between shame traumatic memories and current
body image shame.
Conclusions This study was the first to demonstrate that early
shame experiences may contribute for BED patients’ shame
based on their body image. Data suggest that the access to
memories of early feelings of affiliation and safeness may be
key to tone down negative affect. These findings have impor-
tant implications for the conceptualization and treatment of
BED.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV0446
A new measure of psychological
inflexibility related to eating behavior
in adolescence: Confirmatory factor
analysis and validity assessment
C. Duarte∗, C. Ferreira , J. Pinto-Gouveia
CINEICC, Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and
Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,
Coimbra, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction On the onset of adolescence there is an increased
vulnerability for mental health problems, namely disordered eat-
ing symptomatology. Disordered eating symptomatology has been
described as a problem of psychological inflexibility. Psycholog-
ical inflexibility related to eating behaviors, i.e., the adoption of
inflexible idiosyncratic dietary rules without considering external
and internal contingencies, is associated with disordered eating
symptoms in adult populations. Nonetheless, the study of psycho-
logical inflexibility related to eating behaviors in adolescence is
scarce.
Aims The current study aimed at examining the factor structure
and psychometric properties of the Inflexible Eating Questionnaire
for Adolescents (IEQ-A).
Methods Participated in this study, 728 adolescents (513 girls and
215 boys), aged 14 to 18 years, who completed self-report meas-
ures of psychological inflexibility related to eating behaviors, body
image, disordered eating symptoms and general psychopathology
symptoms.
Results Results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that
the IEQ-A replicated the 11-item one-dimensional structure pre-
viously identified in adult samples. A multigroup analysis also
demonstrated the scale’s structure invariance between genders.
The scale presented high internal reliability for both boys and girls
(95). Correlation analyses confirmed the scale’s convergence with
psychological inflexibility with body image. IEQ-A was also posi-
tively associatedwith disordered eating symptoms and depression,
anxiety and stress symptoms.
Conclusions Findings corroborated the adequacy of the IEQ-A fac-
tor structure and supported that this is a valid measure to assess
psychological inflexibility related to eating behavior in adoles-
cence. This measure is therefore of potential utility for clinicians
and researchers focusing on eating-related difficulties in this vul-
nerable developmental stage.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV0447
New technologies as risk factor for
eating disorders
S. Fernandez Rojo ∗ ora , C. Banzo , J. Quintero
Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Eating disorders (ED) have a significant prevalence
in children and adolescents. The use of new technologies allows
to access to a big amount of information. Excessive use of these
technologies at this stage of life decreases social and family rela-
tionships and provides access to online content in favor of these
disorders, which can affect to the development of an ED. The aim
of this study is to analyze the relationship between the use of new
technologies and the risk of developing an ED.