Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Disorder Symptoms: Examining Distinct Associations and Interactions in Adolescents.

Trompeter, N; Bussey, K; Forbes, MK; Hay, P; Goldstein, M; Thornton, C; Basten, C; Heruc, G; Roberts, M; Byrne, S; Griffiths, S; Lonergan, A; Mitchison, D

Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Disorder Symptoms: Examining Distinct Associations and Interactions in Adolescents.

Trompeter, N Bussey, K Forbes, MK Hay, P Goldstein, M Thornton, C Basten, C Heruc, G Roberts, M Byrne, S Griffiths, S Lonergan, A Mitchison, D

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Citation:: Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol, 2022, 50, (5), pp. 683-694
Issue Date:: 2022-05

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dc.contributor.author	Trompeter, N
dc.contributor.author	Bussey, K
dc.contributor.author	Forbes, MK
dc.contributor.author	Hay, P
dc.contributor.author	Goldstein, M
dc.contributor.author	Thornton, C
dc.contributor.author	Basten, C
dc.contributor.author	Heruc, G
dc.contributor.author	Roberts, M
dc.contributor.author	Byrne, S
dc.contributor.author	Griffiths, S
dc.contributor.author	Lonergan, A
dc.contributor.author	Mitchison, D
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-04T23:41:32Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-03
dc.date.available	2023-05-04T23:41:32Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05
dc.identifier.citation	Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol, 2022, 50, (5), pp. 683-694
dc.identifier.issn	2730-7166
dc.identifier.issn	2730-7174
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/170205
dc.description.abstract	Emotion dysregulation has been posited as a key transdiagnostic factor of mental health difficulties, including eating disorders. However, how this transdiagnostic factor interacts with the disorder-specific factor of weight and shape concerns remains unclear. The current study examined whether emotion dysregulation is associated with eating disorder behaviors over and above the association between weight and shape concerns and whether these two factors interacted. The current study used data from two samples, a community sample of high school students (n = 2699), and a clinical sample of adolescents receiving outpatient treatment for an eating disorder (n = 149). Participants completed self-report measures on their eating behaviors, weight/shape concerns, and emotion dysregulation. Findings showed that emotion dysregulation had a unique association with engaging in binge eating and purging (community sample only). Weight and shape concerns were found to have a unique association with engaging in binge eating, fasting, purging, and driven exercise (community sample only). Additionally, weight and shape concerns moderated the association between emotion dysregulation and the probability of engaging in binge eating and driven exercise, whereby the strongest association between emotion dysregulation and these behaviors were observed among adolescents with the lowest levels of weight and shape concerns. Regarding the frequency of eating disorder behaviors, emotion dysregulation had a unique association with severity of binge eating and fasting. Weight and shape concerns were uniquely associated with severity of fasting and driven exercise (community sample only). Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation is a distinct factor of eating disorder behaviors among adolescents.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation.ispartof	Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10802-022-00898-1
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Binge-Eating Disorder
dc.subject.mesh	Bulimia
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Feeding and Eating Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Bulimia
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Binge-Eating Disorder
dc.subject.mesh	Feeding and Eating Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Binge-Eating Disorder
dc.subject.mesh	Bulimia
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Feeding and Eating Disorders
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Students
dc.title	Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Disorder Symptoms: Examining Distinct Associations and Interactions in Adolescents.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	50
utslib.location.activity	United States
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
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utslib.citation.issue	5

Abstract:

Emotion dysregulation has been posited as a key transdiagnostic factor of mental health difficulties, including eating disorders. However, how this transdiagnostic factor interacts with the disorder-specific factor of weight and shape concerns remains unclear. The current study examined whether emotion dysregulation is associated with eating disorder behaviors over and above the association between weight and shape concerns and whether these two factors interacted. The current study used data from two samples, a community sample of high school students (n = 2699), and a clinical sample of adolescents receiving outpatient treatment for an eating disorder (n = 149). Participants completed self-report measures on their eating behaviors, weight/shape concerns, and emotion dysregulation. Findings showed that emotion dysregulation had a unique association with engaging in binge eating and purging (community sample only). Weight and shape concerns were found to have a unique association with engaging in binge eating, fasting, purging, and driven exercise (community sample only). Additionally, weight and shape concerns moderated the association between emotion dysregulation and the probability of engaging in binge eating and driven exercise, whereby the strongest association between emotion dysregulation and these behaviors were observed among adolescents with the lowest levels of weight and shape concerns. Regarding the frequency of eating disorder behaviors, emotion dysregulation had a unique association with severity of binge eating and fasting. Weight and shape concerns were uniquely associated with severity of fasting and driven exercise (community sample only). Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation is a distinct factor of eating disorder behaviors among adolescents.

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