IUPsyS Invited Symposium, Poster Session, Oral Session, Keynote, State‐of‐the‐Art Session

Assertiveness, hostility and psychosexual state were studied in 37 women: 10 anorexics, 10 bulimics and 17 controls by Wartegg projective Italian Institute Method. Evocative feature, affective and formal quality were coded on all 8 tables. ANOVAs show bulimics, vs. anorexic and control groups, dispose of few emotional and motivational resources, of a low level of future planning (Tab III, AQ: p< .05) and of an inadequate management of hostility control (Tab V, FQ: p< .05). Anorexics show difficulties on cognitive functions of truth examination (Tab VI, AQ, FQ: p< .05) and on psychosexual state (Tav II, FQ: p< .05).