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Bridging eating disorder symptoms and trait anxiety in patients with eating disorders: A network approach.

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Abstract
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Anxiety is thought to influence the development and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). However, little is known about how, specifically, anxiety influences ED symptoms and vice versa. Network analysis identifies how symptoms within and across disorders are interconnected. In a network, central nodes (i.e., symptoms) have the strongest relations to other nodes and are thought to maintain psychopathology. Bridge nodes are symptoms in one diagnostic cluster that are strongly connected to symptoms in another diagnostic cluster and are thought to explain comorbidity. We identified central and bridge nodes in a network of ED symptoms and trait anxiety features.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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52
Issue
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6
Number of Pages
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701-711
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23070
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23070
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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