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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348

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models, a subgroup seems to present an active gaze avoidance

associated with the report of social anxiety symptoms. The main

objective of our study was to examine the gaze related anxiety in

a population of adults with ASD compared with what’s observed

in adults with SAD. The purpose was to confirm the experience

of social anxiety for some individuals with ASD and quantify its

impact on gaze functioning. We included adult patients diagnosed

withASDwithout intellectual disability (

n

= 13) or SAD (

n

= 11) from

three outpatient clinics. Patients were divided in two groups, ASD

and SAD, and filled three clinical scales: Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale

(GARS, Schneier et al., 2011), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS,

Liebowitz et al., 1999), and Social responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2,

Constantino et al., 2003). Patientswith ASDpresented higher scores

on SRS-2 (M [SD]: 73.5 [8.9] vs 52.4 [10.4];

P

< 0.001) and lower

on LSAS (M [SD]: 58.6 (32.1) vs 83.8 [22.8];

P

< 0.05) but no differ-

ence on GARS scores compared to people with SAD. Furthermore, a

sub-group of ASD patients, presenting with more social anxiety,

reported greater gaze related anxiety and avoidance than other

patientswithASD (M[SD]: 57.8 (20.5) vs 19.4 [23.5];

P

< 0.05). Social

anxiety can be present in ASD with an impact on gaze functioning.

The SRS-2 and LSAS seemto be efficient differentiating anxiety from

social ability deficits and maybe useful to guide patients toward a

specialised evaluation.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.244

EW127

The influence of social comparisons

made on Facebook and sociotropy on

bulimia nervosa symptoms: A revised

examination of the dual pathway

model

I. Krug

1 ,

, F . K

alathas

2

1

University of Melbourne, Psychology, Melbourne, Australia

2

University of Melbourne, Psychological Sciences, Melbourne,

Australia

Corresponding author.

Background

The dual pathway model (DPM) attempts to explain

the processes that are etiological to the development of Bulimia

Nervosa (BN) symptomology by examining both individual and

sociocultural risk factors of BN. The DPM, however, is yet to incor-

porate the sociocultural factor Facebook, which is important given

the widespread use of the social media website Facebook. In addi-

tion, research has suggested that the personality trait sociotropy

may increase vulnerability to developing BN symptoms, however,

there is limited evidence examining this factor in the DPM.

Objective

To test a revised DPM with the inclusions of social

comparisons made on Facebook and sociotropy both (a) cross-

sectionally and (b) longitudinally.

Method

Four hundred and seventy females participated at base-

line (T1). Four weeks later, 274 females completed the follow-up

assessment (T2), which assessed a subset of measures from the

baseline assessment.

Results

An acceptable fit for both DM models was obtained

through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using MPlus (See

Figs. 1 and 2 ).

Conclusions

Prevention and early intervention efforts for both

depression and BN should focus on addressing appropriate Face-

book and social media use and these interventions should be

tailored to individuals scoring high on sociotropy.

Fig. 1

Revised cross-sectional DPM.

Fig. 2

Revised longitudinal DPM.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.245

EW128

A meta-analysis on the longitudinal

relationship between eating

pathology and depression

F. Puccio

1 , M.

Fuller-Tyszkiewicz

2 , D.

Ong

1 , I. K

rug

3 ,

1

University of Melbourne, Psychological Sciences, Melbourne,

Australia

2

Deakin University, Psychology, Melbourne, Australia

3

University of Melbourne, Psychology, Melbourne, Australia

Corresponding author.

Background

Despite the considerable number of studies that

have assessed evidence for a longitudinal relationship between eat-

ing pathology and depression, there is no clear consensus regarding

whether they are uni- or bi-directionally related.

Objective

To undertake a meta-analysis to provide a quantita-

tive synthesis of longitudinal studies that assessed the direction