Abstract

Research has shown that individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) have difficulty coping with negative emotions, although no research to date has directly investigated emotion regulation and binge eating. In the current study individuals with varying amounts of BED characteristics were measured for accuracy on a computerized task involving attention and working memory. Subsequent to the task, participants were given three self-report measures: the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ-I; Fairbum & Celio, 2004), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark & Tellgen, 1988), and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John, 2003). It was hypothesized that in comparison to individuals with fewer BED characteristics, individuals more clinical BED characteristics would: 1) report using more maladaptive emotion regulation styles like suppression, 2) report having higher levels of negative affect and 3) indicate unstable task performance. An additional exploratory hypothesis examined whether individuals reporting any kind of binge episode would be quantitatively distinct on the eating concern, weight concern, shape concern, and global scales of the EDE-Q-I as compared to individuals not reporting any kind of binge episode. BED characteristics did not indicate differences in cognitive performance.

LLU Discipline

Experimental Psychology

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

Paul Haerich

Second Advisor

Mary-Catherin Freier

Third Advisor

Ivanna Guthrie Heater

Fourth Advisor

Jason Owen

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Degree Level

M.A.

Year Degree Awarded

2007

Date (Title Page)

3-2007

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Bulimia -- psychology; Eating Disorders; Emotions; Depressive Disorder

Type

Thesis

Page Count

ix; 96

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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