Inhibitory control and impulsivity in eating disorders: Systematic review

Authors

  • Lauren Bulcão Terroso Psicóloga. Doutoranda do programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Laboratório de Psicologia Experimental, Neurociências e Comportamento (LPNeC).
  • Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida Professora Adjunta do Instituto de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e da Personalidade da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Laboratório de Psicologia Experimental, Neurociências e Comportamento (LPNeC). Pesquisadora de Produtividade do CNPq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2016.92.05

Abstract

This study aims to perform a systematic review of the literature on the relationship between impulsivity and inhibitory control in eating disorders (ED). For this purpose, a search for scientific articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish was performed in the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed. We found 48 articles for composing the present study. Differences were examined between types of ED regarding impulsivity and distinctions between men and women with regard to these characteristics. Most studies have highlighted impulsiveness as a characteristic present in the behavior of purging and binge eating, and the more impulsive the subject, the more likely to experience this kind of conduct. Thus, according to these results, we think that impulsivity does not differentiate the diagnosis of ED but its presentation subtype.

Keywords: eating disorders, impulsivity, inhibitory control.

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Published

2016-08-04

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2016): Jul-Dec

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