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Emotion Regulation and Loss of Control Eating in Community-Based Adolescents

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Goldschmidt, Andrea B., Lavender, Jason M., Hipwell, Alison E., Stepp, Stephanie D., Keenan, Kate·2017·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

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The current study investigated concurrent and prospective associations between emotion-related constructs and loss of control (LOC) eating in adolescents. Community-based females (N = 588) completed annual self-report assessments of LOC eating, emotional awareness, emotion regulation strategies, and neuroticism from ages 16 to 18 years. Linear regressions and a regression-based multiple mediation model using bootstrapping were computed to examine the relationships among emotion-related constructs and LOC eating frequency. In the concurrent model, age 18 emotional awareness and emotion regulation strategies were associated with age 18 LOC eating, F(6, 416) = 12.11, p < 0.001, accounting for 4.5 % of the variance after controlling for demographics, body mass index, and neuroticism, F change = 10.81, p < 0.001. In the prospective model, age 17 emotional awareness predicted age 18 LOC eating, F(7, 425) = 11.67, p < 0.001, accounting for 1.7 % of unique variance beyond the effects of age 16 LOC eating and age 17 demographics, body mass index, and neuroticism, F change = 4.26, p = 0.015. In the multiple mediation model, age 18 emotion regulation strategies mediated the association between age 17 neuroticism and age 18 LOC eating, indirect effect estimate = 0.003, 95 % confidence interval = 0.001-0.005, after controlling for age 16 LOC eating and age 17 demographics, body mass index, and emotion regulation variables. Results suggest that deficient emotion regulation may contribute to the onset and maintenance of LOC eating in adolescence (although effects were small), and may partially explain the well-established prospective relationship between negative emotionality and later LOC eating. Prevention and early intervention programs should seek to improve adaptive coping in at-risk populations.

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Authors
Goldschmidt, A. B., Lavender, J. M., Hipwell, A. E., Stepp, S. D., & Keenan, K.
Affiliations
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Goldschmidt, Andrea B.
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Published
2016-04-04
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
183-191
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
OpenAlex
W2312327297
Cited by
57
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
FWCI
6.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH056630, R01 MH081071, K23 MH101342)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA012237)
  • National Center for Research Resources (KL2-RR025000)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K23 DK105234)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords
loss of control eating, emotion regulation, emotional awareness, neuroticism, adolescents, adolescent girls, eating disorders, negative affectivity, coping, mediation
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Neuroticism, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Anxiety Disorders, Bulimia, Emotions, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans

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