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Incorporating Dispositional Traits into the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

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We provide a general framework to guide the development of interventions that aim to address persistent features in eating disorders that may preclude effective treatment. Using perfectionism as an exemplar, we draw from research in cognitive neuroscience regarding attention and reinforcement learning, from learning theory and social psychology regarding vicarious learning and implications for the role modeling of significant others, and from clinical psychology on the importance of verbal narratives as barriers that may influence expectations and shape reinforcement schedules.

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    Nancy L. Zucker & Rhonda Merwin

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    Nancy L. Zucker, Ashley Moskovich & Tammy Lin

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Zucker, N.L., Herzog, D., Moskovich, A., Merwin, R., Lin, T. (2010). Incorporating Dispositional Traits into the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. In: Adan, R., Kaye, W. (eds) Behavioral Neurobiology of Eating Disorders. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2010_92

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