Changes in affect longitudinally mediate associations between emotion regulation strategy use and disordered eating.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trait-level emotion regulation (ER) difficulties are associated with eating disorders (EDs) transdiagnostically. However, little research has examined whether within-person fluctuations in ER longitudinally predict ED behaviors in daily life or the mechanisms of ER effects. Investigating daily ER could help us better understand why people experience ED behaviors at a given time. We examined whether day-to-day changes in adaptive (e.g., cognitive reappraisal) and maladaptive (e.g., rumination) ER longitudinally predicted core ED behaviors (binge eating, purging, dieting) and whether changes in affect mediated effects.

Method

Female participants (N = 688) ages 15-30 from the Michigan State University Twin Registry reported their adaptive and maladaptive ER use, nega

SUBMITTER: Mikhail ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11093708 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature