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Emotion Regulation, Eating Psychopathology, and Putative Transdiagnostic Psychological Processes: Findings from an
Tânia F Rodrigues1, Ricardo Silva2, Fernando Fernández-Aranda3,4,5,6
1Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Research Lab, Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Nutrients
|October 26, 2024
Summary
College students with eating disorder symptoms show strong links to interoceptive awareness deficits. Emotion regulation strategies and self-compassion emerged as key factors in this network analysis, suggesting intervention targets.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Eating Disorder Research
Background:
- Eating disorders (EDs) are prevalent among college students, a population at risk.
- Prodromal ED symptoms and related psychological factors require further investigation in this demographic.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a network analysis in a college sample to explore dependencies between eating psychopathology and psychological variables.
- To examine the roles of emotion regulation, interoceptive awareness, self-compassion, self-criticism, mindfulness, and experiential avoidance in eating psychopathology.
Main Methods:
- A Gaussian graphical network model was estimated using data from 294 college students.
- Network centrality was assessed using measures of betweenness, closeness, strength, and expected influence.
Main Results:
- Disordered eating symptoms were most strongly correlated with dimensions of interoceptive awareness.
- Self-compassion demonstrated the highest betweenness and closeness centrality.
- Emotion regulation strategies and shape concerns were identified as the strongest nodes in the network.
Conclusions:
- Eating-related symptoms in college students are significantly associated with interoceptive awareness.
- Emotion regulation difficulties, shape concerns, and self-compassion are central nodes in the network of prodromal ED symptoms.
- Targeting these variables may help disrupt eating psychopathology networks in at-risk student populations.
Keywords:
difficulties in emotion regulationeating psychopathologyexperiential avoidanceinteroceptive awarenessmindfulnessnetwork analysispreventionself-compassiontransdiagnostic psychological processesMore Related Videos
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