饮食障碍患者的认知灵活性和情绪调节伴随性一般性焦虑症和创伤后压力症状
Connor J Thompson1, Caitlin A Martin-Wagar1
1Department of Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
Eating disorders
|September 20, 2024
概括
情绪调节的困难,而不是认知灵活性,似乎解释了饮食障碍 (ED) 和并发性焦虑或压力障碍患者心理健康的差异. 建议所有ED患者对情绪调节进行早期干预.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 难以调节情绪的困难与心理健康不佳有关.
- 认知灵活性与抗压能力和积极的心理健康有关.
- 在患有并发性饮食障碍 (ED) 和焦虑/压力障碍的人群中,对认知灵活性和情绪调节的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 在一个跨诊断性ED人口中研究认知灵活性和情绪调节,具有不同的并发症概况.
- 确定伴随性疾病状态是否影响认知灵活性和情绪调节.
- 在ED患者中探索认知灵活性,情绪调节和并发症 (PTSD,GAD) 之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 一个跨诊断性ED样本 (N=227) 完成了认知灵活性,情绪调节困难,PTSD和GAD症状的自我报告措施.
- 单向组间ANOVA被用来比较具有不同并发症 (GAD,PTSD,没有,两者都没有) 的不同组的认知灵活性.
- 单向跨组ANCOVA被用于评估认知灵活性差异,同时控制情绪调节.
主要成果:
- 最初的ANOVA揭示了认知灵活性的显著差异,在患有PTSD和GAD并发症的组中得分最低.
- 然而,在控制情绪调节后,ANCOVA在并发症组之间的认知灵活性中没有显著差异.
- 这些发现表明,情绪调节困难,而不是认知灵活性,更好地解释ED患者与并发症之间的差异.
结论:
- 虽然自我报告的认知灵活性在ED患者之间因伴随性疾病而有所不同,但情绪调节似乎是一个更重要的解释因素.
- 建议在治疗早期解决情绪调节困难,对于所有患有ED的个人来说,无论伴随疾病状况如何,以改善治疗结果.
- 需要进一步的研究来检查针对情绪调节如何影响ED治疗参与度,学率和整体有效性.
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