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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.
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The influence of social comparisons
made on Facebook and sociotropy on
bulimia nervosa symptoms: A revised
examination of the dual pathway
model
I. Krug ∗ alathas
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
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.
EW128
A meta-analysis on the longitudinal
relationship between eating
pathology and depression
F. Puccio Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Ong rug ∗
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