The risk of believing that emotions are bad and uncontrollable: association with orthorexia nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to explore emotional functioning in individuals with varying levels of orthorexia nervosa (ON) symptoms. Given the established links between emotion dysregulation and other eating disorders (EDs), and the conceptualization of ON within the ED spectrum, this research sought to examine the relationships between ON symptomatology and emotion regulation strategies, alexithymia, and beliefs about emotions.

Methods

A large sample (N = 562) completed self-report measures with high psychometric properties, assessing ON traits (E-DOS), emotion regulation strategies (DERS-SF and ERQ), alexithymia (TAS-20), and beliefs about emotions (ERQ). The study used well-validated measures to address limitations of previous research.

Results

Individuals with high O

SUBMITTER: Vuillier L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742882 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature