The Effects of Food Craving on Binge Eating among College students : Focusing on the Efficacy of Mental Imagery Task

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-60
Author(s):  
Bo-Ram Sun ◽  
◽  
Hoon-Jin Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Imagery Task ◽  
Food Craving

scholarly journals Can we change binge eating behaviour by interventions addressing food-related impulsivity? A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Başak İnce ◽  
Johanna Schlatter ◽  
Sebastian Max ◽  
Christian Plewnia ◽  
Stephan Zipfel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Food Craving ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Eating Frequency ◽  
Close Relationship

Abstract Background An extensive amount of research has underlined the potential role of impulsivity in the development and maintenance of binge eating behaviour. Food-related impulsivity has particularly received attention given its close relationship with overeating and binge eating episodes. Besides the available evidence, our understanding regarding the effectiveness of treatment modalities for binge eating targeting impulsivity and related constructs (e.g., food craving, inhibitory control, and reward sensitivity) is limited. Thus, this systematic review aimed to investigate whether binge eating behaviour is changeable by interventions that are impulsivity-focused and food-related and whether one of these interventions is superior to the others. Method A search on PubMed and PsycINFO was performed for relevant articles published up to September 2020. Studies delivering food-related impulsivity treatment to individuals suffering from binge eating episodes and including a control condition without this treatment were investigated. Following the search, 15 studies meeting the eligibility criteria were analysed. Results Analyses revealed that available impulsivity-focused approaches can be categorised as psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, computer-assisted cognitive training, and direct neuromodulation interventions. Regarding their effectiveness, it appeared that all of these approaches might be promising to change food-related impulsivity in individuals with binge eating episodes, particularly to decrease binge eating symptoms. However, a superior intervention approach in this early state of evidence could not be determined, although food-related cue exposure, transcranial direct current stimulation, and the combination of several interventions seem fruitful. Conclusion Efforts to treat binge eating behaviour with interventions focusing on food-related impulsivity appear to be promising, particularly concerning binge eating frequency, and also for food craving and inhibitory control. Given limited research and varying methods, it was not possible to conclude whether one impulsivity-focused intervention can be considered superior to others.

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between grapheme colour-picking consistency and mental imagery

2019 ◽  
Vol 374 (1787) ◽  
pp. 20190023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Jane Spiller ◽  
Lee Harkry ◽  
Fintan McCullagh ◽  
Volker Thoma ◽  
Clare Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Imagery Ability ◽  
Imagery Task ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Proxy Measure ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has indicated a potential link between mental imagery and synaesthesia. However, these findings are mainly based on imagery self-report measures and recruitment of self-selected synaesthetes. To avoid issues of self-selection and demand effects, we recruited participants from the general population, rather than synaesthetes specifically, and used colour-picking consistency tests for letters and numbers to assess a ‘synaesthete-like’ experience. Mental imagery ability and mental rotation ability were assessed using both self-report measures and behavioural assessments. Consistency in colour-picking for letters (but not numbers) was predicted by performance on the visual mental imagery task but not by a mental rotation task or self-report measures. Using the consistency score as a proxy measure of grapheme-colour synaesthesia, we provide more evidence for the suggestion that synaesthetic experience is associated with enhanced mental imagery, even when participants are naive to the research topic. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Bridging senses: novel insights from synaesthesia’.

Binge eating behavior in college students: What is a binge?

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Phillips ◽  
Susan Kelly-Weeder ◽  
Katherine Farrell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Eating Behavior

Psyching Up for a Muscular Endurance Task: Effects of Image Content on Performance and Mood State

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Mental Image ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Procedure ◽  
Imagery Task ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Task Effects ◽  
Cognitive Preparation ◽  
Distraction Control

There is a shortage of evidence regarding exactly how mental imagery works to enhance performance. This study sought to determine whether it is the imagining of the task that is crucial or simply the positive aspects of a mental image. In the first experiment, 52 male students used task relevant imagery, task irrelevant imagery, or a distraction control procedure before performing an analogue task. Those in the task relevant condition showed significantly greater improvements over baseline. The second experiment involved 142 male students and included assessment of mood state following psyching up. Again the task relevant group showed significantly greater improvements, which were not related to mood states. These findings suggest that the specific content of mental imagery is crucial in determining its effect on performance. The effect does not appear to depend on alterations of mood state and may operate through cognitive preparation.

Anonymity, Sex, and Weight-Preoccupation as Variables on the Eating Disorders Inventory with Normal College Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 795-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara C. Szekely ◽  
Paul C. Raffeld ◽  
Greg Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Counseling Center ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Weight Preoccupation ◽  
Eating Disorders Inventory ◽  
Undergraduate College Students

The Eating Disorders Inventory was administered to 595 nonclinical male and female undergraduate college students in response to observations at the counseling center that an increasing number of students were seeking assistance for problems associated with binge eating. The purpose of the study was to identify a group with bulimic characteristics, and since secrecy is associated with bulimia, to compare students' responses when anonymous vs name-identified. Statistical analyses of the eight subscales of the inventory showed no significant differences by anonymity vs identification, but significant differences by sex and by weight-preoccupation existed.

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