| Title |
Negative emotions and emotional eating: the mediating role of experiential avoidance
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| Published in |
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40519-016-0301-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rachel Litwin, Edie M. Goldbacher, LeeAnn Cardaciotto, Laura Eubanks Gambrel |
| Abstract |
Emotional eating is a risk factor for eating pathology across the life- and weight-span. Research demonstrates that negative emotions are a precipitant of emotional eating, particularly among female college students. However, the underlying factors that explain this relationship are unclear. Experiential avoidance, a propensity toward being unwilling to remain in contact with aversive private experiences, may explain the association between negative emotions and emotional eating. The purpose of this study was to examine whether experiential avoidance would mediate the association between negative emotions and emotional eating. A sample of 132 women (17.4 % African American, 59.8 % White) completed measures of mood, experiential avoidance and emotional eating. Bias-corrected bootstrapping mediational analyses were conducted. Experiential avoidance mediated the relationship between negative emotions and emotional eating b = -0.21, 95 % BC CI [-0.43, -0.07]. The indirect effect through experiential avoidance accounted for 9 % of the variance, which represents a medium effect (k (2) = 0.09, 95 % BC CI [0.03, 0.18]). Results suggest that experiential avoidance is important for understanding the relationship between negative emotions and emotional eating and may inform potential strategies for prevention and treatment. |
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