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Dimensions of emotion dysregulation in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a conceptual review of the empirical literature

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Lavender, Jason M., Wonderlich, Stephen A., Engel, Scott G., Gordon, Kathryn H., Kaye, Walter H., Mitchell, James E.·2015·Clinical Psychology Review

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Several existing conceptual models and psychological interventions address or emphasize the role of emotion dysregulation in eating disorders. The current article uses Gratz and Roemer's (2004) multidimensional model of emotion regulation and dysregulation as a clinically relevant framework to review the extant literature on emotion dysregulation in anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Specifically, the dimensions reviewed include: (1) the flexible use of adaptive and situationally appropriate strategies to modulate the duration and/or intensity of emotional responses, (2) the ability to successfully inhibit impulsive behavior and maintain goal-directed behavior in the context of emotional distress, (3) awareness, clarity, and acceptance of emotional states, and (4) the willingness to experience emotional distress in the pursuit of meaningful activities. The current review suggests that both AN and BN are characterized by broad emotion regulation deficits, with difficulties in emotion regulation across the four dimensions found to characterize both AN and BN, although a small number of more specific difficulties may distinguish the two disorders. The review concludes with a discussion of the clinical implications of the findings, as well as a summary of limitations of the existing empirical literature and suggestions for future research.

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  • Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have demonstrated consistent associations with particular emotion regulation difficulties, including lack of awareness of emotions, lack of acceptance of emotions, negative beliefs about emotions or coping, and avoidance/suppression of emotions.

    “One recent review concluded that both AN and BN had demonstrated consistent associations with particular emotion regulation difficulties, including lack of awareness of emotions, lack of acceptance of emotions, negative beliefs about emotions or coping, and avoidance/suppression of emotions.”

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    The Discussion reports reduced emotional self-awareness and greater suppression and nonacceptance in both AN and BN. The emotion-understanding-and-acceptance section also reports negative beliefs about emotions in current AN, but does not establish the same finding in BN; it describes direct research on emotional avoidance in BN as limited. Thus, the claim overstates how consistently every listed difficulty is associated with both disorders. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Lavender, J. M., Wonderlich, S. A., Engel, S. G., Gordon, K. H., Kaye, W. H., & Mitchell, J. E.
Affiliations
  • University of North Dakota (US)
  • North Dakota State University (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Lavender, Jason M.
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-08
Volume
40
Pages
111-122
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W585778545
Cited by
512
References
156
Citations by year
2026: 45 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 5
FWCI
5.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Public Health Service (K23 101342)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH101342, T32MH082761)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
emotional dysregulation, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorders, emotion regulation, emotional awareness, emotional acceptance, emotional distress, goal-directed behavior, psychological intervention
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Anorexia Nervosa, Emotions, Humans, Bulimia Nervosa

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