Psychological characteristics and biofeedback mitigation in preadolescents with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity308 @entity66 @entity28 @entity7298 @entity448 @entity1278 @entity148 @entity1277 @entity1642
BACKGROUND: @entity1278 are considered to be the most serious @entity1277 in female adolescents, with a multifactorial etiology and severe medical complications. It is interesting to investigate the specific relationships of these @entity66 , coping mechanisms and biofeedback mitigation. METHODS: The study comprised 76 @entity28 and 27 anorectic @entity1 , as well as 35 healthy @entity1 as a control group. Psychological assessment was performed using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Emotional Profile Index, General Anxiety Scale, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Cornell Medical Index. The therapy was multimodal, including a biofeedback relaxation system based on electrodermal response (EDR). RESULTS: Scores obtained from psychometric instruments, in particular concerning basic @entity148 , intrafamily conflicts, self-defense and @entity308 , showed that @entity1278 and @entity7298 are specifically stress related. Personality characteristics and the environment, as models for habits, modified the manner of coping with stress differently for @entity448 and @entity7298 . The EDR biofeedback was shown to be an effective support for mitigation of @entity1277 in preadolescents, with better results for anorectic @entity1 . The correlated difference in personality profiles suggested the use of specific animated sequences. CONCLUSIONS: The results confirmed the hypothesis that @entity28 could be related to different @entity1642 and coping mechanisms, and accordingly be differently mediated by biofeedback technique.
