Decision-making difficulties mediate the association between poor emotion regulation and eating disorder symptoms in adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence of eating problems during childhood increases the risk for eating disorders (EDs) during young adulthood. Previous studies highlight a relationship between poor self-regulation and onset of eating pathology. In this study, we investigated whether this association is mediated by decision-making difficulties.

Methods

To test this hypothesis, we used data from the Millennium Cohort Study. Decision-making performance was assessed with the Cambridge Gambling Task at age 11. Principal components analysis was used to derive an index of ED symptoms at age 14. The trajectories of scores of two subscales of the Child Social Behaviour Questionnaire, Independence and Self-Regulation (ISR) and Emotional Dysregulation (EmotDy), were modelled from ages 3 to 7 years

SUBMITTER: Francesconi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277753 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature