@article{discovery10205209,
       publisher = {SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS},
            year = {2025},
         journal = {Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders},
           month = {February},
            note = {{\copyright} 2025 Springer Nature. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).},
           title = {The Relationship Between Interoception, Alexithymia, Autistic Traits and Eating Pathology in Autistic Adults},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06708-5},
        keywords = {Autism, Eating disorder, Body image, Alexithymia, Interoception},
        abstract = {This study investigated the mechanisms underlying disordered eating of autistic adults, by investigating associations between eating disorder (ED) symptoms and autistic traits; autism-specific atypical eating; alexithymia; interoception; and body image in autistic and non-autistic participants. Autistic adults (n = 196) and non-autistic adults (n = 206) completed online self-report measures assessing ED pathology, atypical eating, body image dissatisfaction, interoception, alexithymia, and autistic traits. Structural Equation Modelling tested a theoretical model of the relationships between these variables, and whether these relationships were moderated by autism diagnosis. Autistic adults self-reported higher ED pathology than non-autistic adults. The proposed model and the strength of the relationship between body image and ED pathology did not differ between the autistic and non-autistic groups. Atypical eating (not related to over-evaluation of weight/shape), however, was only associated with ED pathology in the autistic group. Both traditional and additional factors, including eating disturbances not driven by weight/shape concern, appear to contribute to ED pathology in autism.},
          author = {Westwood, Heather and Mandy, Will and Brewer, Rebecca}
}