Emotion Regulation Difficulties Strengthen Relationships Between Perceived Parental Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study
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Background People with emotional eating (EE) may experience weight gain and obesity, eating disorder psychopathology, and emotion dysregulation. Limited research has examined experiences in childhood that may be associated with EE in adulthood. Perceived parental feeding practices and emotion regulation difficulties were examined as correlates of negative and positive EE in adulthood.Methods A cross-sectional study using an online community sample of adults (N = 258) examined self-reported negative (Emotional Eating Scale-Revised; EE-anger/anxiety, EE-boredom, and EE-depression) and positive (Emotion Appetite Questionnaire; EE-positive) EE, perceived parental feeding practices (Child Feeding Questionnaire), and emotion regulation difficulties (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale).Results Moderation analyses calculated in PROCESS macro examined emotion regulation difficulties as a moderator of relationships between perceived parental feeding practices and EE. Across all models tested, age, BMI, and gender were entered as covariates. Higher perceptions of parental control (monitoring and restriction) of unhealthy eating behaviors and pressure to eat were more strongly associated with EE-anger/anxiety and EE-positive when emotion regulation difficulties were high. Higher perceptions of parental restriction of unhealthy eating behaviors and pressure to eat were more strongly associated with higher EE-boredom when emotion regulation difficulties were high. No significant interactions between perceived parental feeding practices and emotion regulation difficulties emerged in relation to EE-depression.Conclusions Perceived controlling parental feeding practices and emotion regulation difficulties may explain meaningful variance in negative and positive EE in adulthood.
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Perceived parental control of unhealthy eating behaviors and pressure to eat were more strongly associated with positive emotional eating in community adults reporting higher emotion regulation difficulties.
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“In the context of emotional eating, a recent study showed that perceived parental control of unhealthy eating behaviors and pressure to eat were more strongly associated with positive emotional eating in community adults reporting higher emotion regulation difficulties [15].”
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- Barnhart, W. R., Braden, A. L., & Dial, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barnhart, Wesley R.
- Venue
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2021-02-12
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 647-663
- ISSN
- 1070-5503 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7558
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- 14
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- 43
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- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Keywords
- emotional eating, emotional dysregulation, parental feeding practices, perceived parental control, parental restriction, pressure to eat
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