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Journal Title
Title of Journal: Eat Weight Disord
Abbravation: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
DOI
10.1016/0014-4827(78)90533-5
ISSN
1590-1262
Machiavellianism has not previously been systematically explored in the eating disorders This personality dimension involves the social cognitive processes required to identify others’s intentions and the use of strategies to deceive and manipulate others Individuals suffering with Anorexia Nervosa AN often try to conceal their disorder through the use of deceptive strategies In this study we explore Machiavellianism in 22 female AN patients and 41 female healthy controls HCs AN patients and HCs did not differ significantly in their selfreported Machiavellianism but both groups did score highly in this domain Possible explanations for these results are discussed