Examining associations between negative urgency and key components of objective binge episodes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Negative urgency (NU; tendency to act impulsively when experiencing negative emotions) is a risk factor for binge eating, although few studies have examined interviewer-assessed objective binge episodes (OBEs). Moreover, research has not investigated how NU relates to the core components of OBEs: loss of control (LOC) eating and objective overeating (OO). Understanding the relationship between NU and these core components will enhance etiologic models of eating disorder development. Thus, the current study examined the associations between NU, OBEs, and the components of OBEs by comparing levels of NU in women with OBEs, LOC eating only, and OO only to women with no pathological eating.

Method

Participants were 612 women who endorsed lifetime OBEs (5.4%), LOC eatin

SUBMITTER: Racine SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4478159 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature