The role of emotion regulation in the relationship between mindfulness and risk factors for disordered eating: A longitudinal mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence suggests mindfulness may reduce risk factors for disordered eating. However, mechanisms of change in this relationship are unclear. This longitudinal study tested whether emotion regulation mediates the prospective associations between mindfulness and two proximal risk factors for disordered eating: weight and shape concerns, and negative affect.

Method

This study is a secondary analysis of data collected within an eating disorder prevention trial. Adolescent girls (N = 374, M_age  = 15.70, SD = 0.77) completed self-report measures of mindfulness, emotion regulation, weight and shape concerns, and negative affect at baseline, 2 months following baseline, and 7 months following baseline. Path analyses were computed to test hypothesized indirect ef

SUBMITTER: Osborne EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099542 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature