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Distress tolerance across self-report, behavioral and psychophysiological domains in women with eating disorders, and healthy controls

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Yiu, Angelina, Christensen, Kara, Arlt, Jean M., Chen, Eunice Y.·2018·Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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Background and objectives The tendency to engage in impulsive behaviors when distressed is linked to disordered eating. The current study comprehensively examines emotional responses to a distress tolerance task by utilizing self-report, psychophysiological measures (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA], skin conductance responses [SCRs] and tonic skin conductance levels [SCLs]), and behavioral measures (i.e., termination of task, latency to quit task).Methods 26 healthy controls (HCs) and a sample of treatment-seeking women with Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) (N = 106) completed the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task- Computerized (PASAT-C). Psychophysiological measurements were collected during baseline, PASAT-C, and recovery, then averaged for each time period. Self-reported emotions were collected at baseline, post-PASAT-C and post-recovery.Results Overall, we found an effect of Time, with all participants reporting greater negative emotions, less happiness, lower RSA, more SCRs and higher tonic SCLs after completion of the PASAT-C relative to baseline. There were no differences in PASAT-C performance between groups. There was an effect of Group for negative emotions, with women with BN, BED and AN reporting overall higher levels of negative emotions relative to HCs. Furthermore, we found an effect of Group for greater urges to binge eat and lower RSA values among BED, relative to individuals with BN, AN and HCs.Limitations This study is cross-sectional and lacked an overweight healthy control group.Conclusion During the PASAT-C, individuals with eating disorders (EDs) compared to HCs report higher levels of negative emotions, despite similar physiological and behavioral manifestations of distress.

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  • The emphasis placed on DT in the occurrence of DEB has not been supported by robust findings.

    “However, consistent with the literature on the relationship between DT and PSU, the emphasis placed on DT in the occurrence of DEB has not been supported by robust findings.”

    From Distress tolerance across substance use, eating, and borderline personality disorders: A meta-analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Yiu et al., 2018

    The Results (Hypothesis 2; page unavailable) found no differences between eating-disorder groups and healthy controls in behavioral distress tolerance. The Discussion (page unavailable) notes that this conflicts with another study, supporting a characterization of the findings as mixed. But this study did not test whether distress tolerance contributes to the occurrence of disordered eating behaviors, so the broader claim exceeds its evidence. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Other studies have not been able to replicate the negative association between DT and DEB.

    “While several studies have demonstrated the expected negative association between DT and DEB (Anestis et al., 2007(Anestis et al., , 2012b;;Eichen et al., 2017), others have not been able to replicate this relationship (Kelly et al., 2014;Yiu et al., 2018).”

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Authors
Yiu, A., Christensen, K., Arlt, J. M., & Chen, E. Y.
Affiliations
  • Temple University (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Chen, Eunice Y.
Venue
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-12
Volume
61
Pages
24-31
ISSN
0005-7916 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2951175284
Cited by
25
References
83
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FWCI
2.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
NIMH (1K23 MH081030-01, R21MH093932-01A1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
distress tolerance, eating disorders, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, negative emotions, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, skin conductance response, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test, task termination, women
MeSH terms
Adult, Anorexia Nervosa, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Stress, Psychological, Bulimia Nervosa, Young Adult, Binge-Eating Disorder, Self Report, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

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