'Feeling fat' amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the role of emotion dysregulation in the body displacement hypothesis.

ABSTRACT: 'Feeling fat,' the somatic experience of being overweight not entirely explained by objective weight, may occur due to the projection of negative affect onto the body. Individuals may manage 'feeling fat' via eating pathology (e.g., binge eating or dietary restriction) rather than address the source of negative affect. Thus, 'feeling fat' may occur in the absence of adaptive emotion regulation strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative affect widely and may potentially contribute to the experience of 'feeling fat' and eating pathology among individuals with emotion dysregulation. This study examined whether emotion dysregulation moderates 'feeling fat's' role as a mechanism underlying the relationship between COVID-19-related distress and eating pathology. This uniqueness of

SUBMITTER: Mehak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8805909 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature