Exploring Correlates of Loss of Control Eating in a Nonclinical Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Loss of control (LOC) eating has been directly related to the core aspects of the psychopathology of eating disorders and to different dimensions of emotion and behavior regulation and self-criticism. This study investigates a model representing the interplay between these dimensions to understand LOC eating among a nonclinical sample.

Methods

A total of 341 participants, recruited in a college campus (mean age 23.21, SD = 6.02), completed a set of self-report measures assessing LOC eating, weight suppression, psychopathology of eating disorders, depression, negative urgency, emotion regulation difficulties, and self-criticism. Path analysis modeling tested a hypothesized model with 3 paths for LOC eating as follows: (1) psychopathology of eating disorders; (2) emo

SUBMITTER: Conceicao EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8874330 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature