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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Eating Disorder Research

Background:

  • The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) assesses emotion regulation strategies.
  • Previous DTS factor structures showed poor fit in non-clinical samples.
  • Emotion avoidance is a potential factor in psychological distress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the factor structure of the DTS, focusing on affect avoidance.
  • To investigate the relationship between emotion avoidance and eating psychopathology.
  • To examine the role of positive and negative emotion avoidance in eating disorders.

Main Methods:

  • Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested existing DTS models in a non-clinical sample.
  • Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) identified new factors of affect avoidance.
  • CFA validated the new model in a clinical eating disorder sample.

Main Results:

  • Existing DTS models did not fit the data well.
  • Three factors of affect avoidance were identified: Behavioural Avoidance of Positive Affect, Behavioural Avoidance of Negative Affect, and Cognitive Avoidance of Affect.
  • These factors correlated significantly with eating psychopathology in both clinical and non-clinical samples.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed three-factor model of affect avoidance demonstrates good fit in clinical and non-clinical samples.
  • Avoidance of positive emotion may play a significant role in eating disorders.
  • Future research should explore both positive and negative emotion regulation in eating disorder treatment.