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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Analysis of Variance, Bulimia Nervosa, Case-Control Studies, Color Perception, Depressive Disorder, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Female, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Severity of Illness Index, Surveys and Questionnaires.
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Is severity of bulimic symptoms the best predictor of interference on an emotional Stroop paradigm? Context: The goal of the current study was to further investigate whether an emotional Stroop effect exists among patients with bulimia nervosa. Performances of 30 female controls, 30 females with subclinical eating disordered symptoms, and 30 females diagnosed with bulimia nervosa were compared on an emotional Stroop color naming task using stimuli separated into three areas of concern (eating, weight, and shape words). Results indicated that overall the three groups differed significantly on the emotional Stroop task, with the interference latency for disorder salient words progressively increasing as the severity of bulimic symptoms increased. Severity of bulimic symptoms was the best predictor of interference on the emotional Stroop paradigm.
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Results provide further evidence that interference on the emotional Stroop is uniquely related to the symptoms of bulimia nervosa and bear credence to the possibility of its use as an additional tool in the diagnosis of bulimia nervosa. Final Decision: yes