Binge eating as a consequence of unfulfilled basic needs: The moderating role of implicit achievement motivation

Schüler, Julia; Kuster, Monika

doi:10.1007/s11031-010-9200-y

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“…The reason why the ACH × ComSat interaction did not predict exercise addiction could be that individuals with a high achievement motive are characterized by high self-control skills, which may protect them from becoming addicted even when their need for competence is thwarted (Schüler & Kuster, 2011). Thus, a third variable (self-control) is likely to have overridden the expected interaction effect.…”

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Implicit Motives and Basic Need Satisfaction in Extreme Endurance Sports

Schüler

Wegner

Knechtle

2014

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Previous research has shown that the effects of basic psychological needs on the flow experience in sports are moderated by implicit motives. However, so far, only leisure and health-oriented sports have been analyzed. In a pilot study and a main study (N = 29, 93), we tested whether the implicit achievement and affiliation motives interact with the need for competence and the need for social relatedness satisfaction, respectively, to predict flow experience and well-being in extreme endurance athletes. Results showed that highly achievement-motivated individuals benefited more from the need for competence satisfaction in terms of flow than individuals with a low achievement motive did. In addition, highly affiliation-motivated individuals whose need for social relatedness is satisfied reported higher positive affect and lower exercise addiction scores than athletes with a low motive. We discuss the differential effects of the interplay between the achievement and affiliation motives and basic needs on different outcome variables.

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confidence: 98%

Implicit Motives and Basic Need Satisfaction in Extreme Endurance Sports

Schüler

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Knechtle

2014

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…However, a few previous studies that relied on betweenperson designs demonstrated that psychological need satisfaction is implicated in one's eating behaviors. Between-person differences in need satisfaction were found to be associated with a healthier diet, such as a higher intake of fruits and vegetables (see Ryan, Patrick, Deci, & Williams, 2008 for an overview), whereas psychological need frustration was related to more unhealthy weight control behaviors (Thogerson-Ntoumani, Ntoumanis, & Nikitaras, 2010), more eating disorder symptoms (Bartholomew et al, 2011), and more binge eating behaviors (Schüler & Kuster, 2011;Verstuyf, Vansteenkiste, & Soenens, 2012).…”

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“…There is some indirect evidence for this moderation hypothesis. For instance, Schüler and Kuster (2011) found that the association between unfulfilled needs and binge eating was present for people low in achievement motivation, but not for those high in achievement motivation. As people high in achievement motivation have high self-control capacities (Mischel, 1961), Schüler and Kuster argued that differences in self-control could account for this moderation effect.…”

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“…Whereas the use of a composite measure of need satisfaction and frustration (e.g., Schüler & Kuster, 2011) is valid in light of the high correlations between the three needs, it might also obscure unique effects of the three needs separately. Given that previous diary studies indicated that all three needs contributed uniquely to well-being (e.g., Ryan et al, 2010), we expected that the three needs would be associated uniquely with binge eating symptoms (Hypothesis 2).…”

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“…Satisfaction of these needs has been mostly studied in relation to well-being, with studies demonstrating systematically that satisfaction of these needs is associated with more well-being, both at the betweenperson (e.g., Vansteenkiste, Lens, Soenens, & Luyckx, 2006) and within-person level (e.g., Reis et al, 2010). Although some studies documented associations between the psychological needs and eating behaviors (e.g., Schüler & Kuster, 2011), no previous studies investigated these associations at the within-person level. In line with Hypothesis 1, we found that women experienced more binge eating symptoms on days their needs had been frustrated.…”

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Daily Ups and Downs in Women's Binge Eating Symptoms: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs, General Self-Control, and Emotional Eating

Verstuyf¹,

Vansteenkiste²,

Soenens³

et al. 2013

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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the high prevalence rates of problematic eating behaviors, such as binge eating symptoms, have urged researchers to investigate why and when control over eating behaviors is lost. the current study employs a daily diary methodology to examine whether the daily satisfaction and frustration of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, as conceptualized within Self-determination theory (deci & ryan, 2000), is associated with daily binge eating symptoms. in a sample of female adolescents (N = 302, age = 14-23), daily fluctuations in need frustration were related to daily fluctuations in binge eating symptoms. furthermore, frustration of all three needs yielded an independent association with binge eating symptoms. apart from the main effects of low selfcontrol strength and emotional eating, emotional eating served as a moderator of the link between need frustration and binge eating symptoms. theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Self‐determination, restrictive eating, and psychological needs: Challenges for young athletes

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Objective:The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of selfdetermination for sport in the relationship between psychological needs in a sport context, and restrictive eating behaviors among adolescent athletes, while controlling for confounding variables. Method: Self-report online surveys were completed by 983 adolescent athletes (41.3% identified as girls, M = 14.63 years, SD = 0.765). Structural equation modeling was conducted to investigate the hypothesized associations between basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration in sport, self-determination for sport, and restrictive eating behaviors, controlling for the level of competition and the type of sport practiced. Gender differences between the associations were assessed using moderation analysis.Results: Girls reported significantly more restrictive eating behaviors (M girls = 0.85; SD = 1.39 vs. M boys = 0.62; SD = 1.31). Both associations between basic psychological need frustration and satisfaction and restrictive eating behaviors were mediated by self-determination for sport (β = 0.054, 95% bootstrap IC = 0.027-0.089; β = −0.045, 95% bootstrap IC = −0.079 to −0.021). Further, gender moderated an association so that frustration of basic psychological in sport more strongly predicted restrictive eating behaviors in girls (β = 0.256; p = 0.008), compared with boys.Discussion: Our study reveals considerable gender differences in the mechanism underlying the adoption of restrictive eating in adolescent athletes. The research also fills a gap in the literature by supporting the assumptions of the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in eating behaviors, specifically in the sport context.

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Binge eating as a consequence of unfulfilled basic needs: The moderating role of implicit achievement motivation

Cited by 25 publications

References 43 publications

Implicit Motives and Basic Need Satisfaction in Extreme Endurance Sports

Implicit Motives and Basic Need Satisfaction in Extreme Endurance Sports

Daily Ups and Downs in Women's Binge Eating Symptoms: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs, General Self-Control, and Emotional Eating

Self‐determination, restrictive eating, and psychological needs: Challenges for young athletes

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