Unpacking cognitive emotion regulation in eating disorder psychopathology: The differential relationships between rumination, thought suppression, and eating disorder symptoms among men and women

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Smith ◽  
Tyler B. Mason ◽  
Nicholas L. Anderson ◽  
Jason M. Lavender
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Thought Suppression ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Eating Disorder Psychopathology

scholarly journals Emotion regulation difficulties in anorexia nervosa: associations with improvements in eating psychopathology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha Rowsell ◽  
Danielle E. MacDonald ◽  
Jacqueline C. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Intensive Treatment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Eating Psychopathology ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Core Deficit ◽  
Eating Disorder Psychopathology ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Background Difficulties with emotion regulation have been established as a core deficit in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, limited research has evaluated whether weight gain is associated with improvements in emotion regulation difficulties in AN and whether improvements in emotion regulation are associated with reductions in eating disorder psychopathology. The aims of this study were threefold: 1) to examine the nature and extent of emotion regulation difficulties in AN; 2) to determine whether these difficulties improved during intensive treatment for the eating disorder; and 3) to study whether improvements in emotion regulation were associated with improvements in eating disorder psychopathology. Method The participants were 108 patients who met DSM-IV-TR criteria for AN and were admitted to a specialized intensive treatment program. Self-report measures of eating disorder symptoms and difficulties with emotion regulation were administered at admission to and discharge from the program. Results Patients with the binge-purge subtype of AN reported greater difficulties with impulse control when upset and more limited access to emotion regulation strategies when experiencing negative emotions than those with the restricting subtype. Among those who completed treatment and became weight restored, improvements in emotion regulation difficulties were observed. Greater pre-to-post treatment improvements in emotional clarity and engagement in goal directed behaviours when upset were associated with greater reductions in eating disorder psychopathology during treatment. Conclusions These findings add to growing evidence suggesting that eating disorder symptoms may be related to emotion regulation difficulties in AN and that integrating strategies to address emotion regulation deficits may be important to improving treatment outcome in AN.

scholarly journals Emotion regulation difficulties in anorexia nervosa: associations with improvements in eating psychopathology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha Rowsell ◽  
Danielle E. MacDonald ◽  
Jacqueline C. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Intensive Treatment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Eating Psychopathology ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Core Deficit ◽  
Eating Disorder Psychopathology ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Background Difficulties with emotion regulation have been established as a core deficit in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, limited research has evaluated whether weight gain is associated with improvements in emotion regulation difficulties in AN and whether improvements in emotion regulation are associated with reductions in eating disorder psychopathology. The aims of this study were threefold: 1) to examine the nature and extent of emotion regulation difficulties in AN; 2) to determine whether these difficulties improved during intensive treatment for the eating disorder; and 3) to study whether improvements in emotion regulation were associated with improvements in eating disorder psychopathology. Method The participants were 108 patients who met DSM-IV-TR criteria for AN and were admitted to a specialized intensive treatment program. Self-report measures of eating disorder symptoms and difficulties with emotion regulation were administered at admission to and discharge from the program. Results Patients with the binge-purge subtype of AN reported greater difficulties with impulse control when upset and more limited access to emotion regulation strategies when experiencing negative emotions than those with the restricting subtype. Among those who completed treatment and became weight restored, improvements in emotion regulation difficulties were observed. Greater pre-to-post treatment improvements in emotional clarity and engagement in goal directed behaviours when upset were associated with greater reductions in eating disorder psychopathology during treatment. Conclusions These findings add to growing evidence suggesting that eating disorder symptoms may be related to emotion regulation difficulties in AN and that integrating strategies to address emotion regulation deficits may be important to improving treatment outcome in AN.

scholarly journals Believing emotions are uncontrollable is linked to eating disorder psychopathology via suppression and reappraisal

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vuillier ◽  
Jemma Joseph ◽  
Matthew P. Somerville ◽  
Amy Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Eating Psychopathology ◽  
Eating Disorder Psychopathology ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective Research suggests that beliefs about emotional controllability influence the use of emotion regulation strategies, which in turn impact psychological health and illness. However, no research has yet investigated whether emotional controllability is linked to eating psychopathology. The current study investigates whether these concepts are related, as individuals with eating disorders have problems with emotion regulation. Method We collected self-report data from 718 participants from a community sample using validated questionnaires, and ran mediational analyses to assess the relationship between emotional controllability and eating psychopathology, via reappraisal and suppression, two emotion regulation strategies. Results Our mediational analyses suggest that believing emotions to be uncontrollable relates to high levels of suppression (β = −.08), low levels of reappraisal (β = .19) and poorer eating disorder psychopathology (β = −.11). Reappraisal and suppression were found to partially mediate the relationship between emotional controllability and eating psychopathology. Discussion The current study has demonstrated relationships that support investigations relating emotional controllability, emotion regulation and psychological health. This research has potential implications for developing interventions to target beliefs about emotions in order to help improve emotion regulation skills and eating psychopathology.

scholarly journals Gender-Dependent Associations of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms With Eating Disorder Psychopathology in a Representative Population Sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Ernst ◽  
Antonia M. Werner ◽  
Ana N. Tibubos ◽  
Manfred E. Beutel ◽  
Martina de Zwaan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Compensatory Behaviors ◽  
Gender Specific

Background: Evidence shows that anxiety and depressive disorders play an important role in eating disorder behavior. However, given the epidemiology of eating disorders, there is a need to investigate potentially gender-specific connections.Method: This study tested the associations of anxiety and depression symptoms with eating disorder symptoms and behaviors and explored whether they differed between men and women. Within a population-representative survey (N = 2,510; ages 14–94), participants completed measures of depression symptoms (PHQ-2), anxiety symptoms (GAD-2), and eating disorder symptoms (EDE-Q8). We conducted linear regression analyses of the EDE-Q8 sum score and General Linear Models on the three behaviors overeating, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors (self-induced vomiting/use of laxatives/excessive exercising).Results: Depression and anxiety symptoms were related to more eating disorder symptoms in men and women (irrespective of BMI, age, and income). The association of depression and eating disorder symptoms was slightly stronger in women. Overeating was more common in men and in depressed individuals, whereas compensatory behaviors were more common among anxious individuals, especially anxious women.Conclusion: The study extends previous research by using gender-specific methods in a representative sample. It indicates similarities and differences between men and women regarding disordered eating on a population level.

Loss of Control Over Eating Scale (LOCES): Validation in undergraduate men and women with and without eating disorder symptoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily C. Stefano ◽  
Allison F. Wagner ◽  
Jonathan M. Mond ◽  
David C. Cicero ◽  
Janet D. Latner
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Undergraduate Men
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