Affect regulation and food intake in bulimia nervosa: emotional responding to food cues after deprivation and subsequent eating
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Emotional responding to salient food cues and effects of food deprivation and consumption were investigated in 32 women with bulimia and 32 control women. One half of each group was food deprived before viewing unpleasant, neutral, pleasant, and food-related pictures. Then participants could eat from a buffet before viewing a parallel picture set. Women with bulimia showed a substantial potentiation of startle responses during viewing of food cues relative to control women. This startle potentiation was attenuated by food deprivation and augmented by increased food consumption. These data support the affective regulation model suggesting that food cues prompt negative affective states in women with bulimia, who are overwhelmed by fasting. The resulting deprivation increases the incentive value of food cues and may thus trigger binge eating.
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- Authors
- Mauler, B. I., Hamm, A. O., Weike, A. I., & Tuschen-Caffier, B.
- Affiliations
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- ORCID
- Hamm, Alfons O.
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Published
- 2006-08
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 567-579
- ISSN
- 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1846
- OpenAlex
- W2135379881
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 8 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Christoph-Dornier-Foundation for Clinical Psychology
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ha 1593/6-2; Ha 1593/10-2)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- bulimia nervosa, emotion regulation, food cues, food deprivation, dietary intake, startle potentiation, emotional responses, binge eating, negative affect, women
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affect, Bulimia, Cues, Feeding Behavior, Female, Food Deprivation, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Expressed Emotion, Self Efficacy, Bulimia Nervosa
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