Binge eating in binge eating disorder: A breakdown of emotion regulatory process?

The role of sensation seeking and motivations for eating in female and male adolescents who binge eat

“…However, a strong association was found between binge eating and emotional eating and our results confirmed that emotional motivation for eating is an important and significant predictor for binge eating behavior in both males and females, in accordance with earlier studies which showed that, in comparison of other motivations, emotional motives are often the antecedents of binge eating (e.g. Jackson et al, 2003;Markey & Vander Wal, 2007;Munsch et al, 2012). Additionally, these results are in line with previous findings (Waller & Osman, 1998;Waters et al, 2001) that showed how females obtained higher mean scores than males on emotional eating subscale.…”

“…Coping-motivated eating consists of eating to reduce or avoid negative emotional states such as anxiety, frustration or loneliness (Arnow, Kenardy, & Agras, 1995;Heatherton & Baumeister, 1991;Sherwood, Crowther, Wills, & Ben-Porath, 2000); this "emotional eating" has been found in several studies that suggest that binge eating is preceded by negative affect and followed by immediate and temporarily reinforcing mechanisms that enhance the mood (e.g. Markey & Vander Wal, 2007;Munsch, Meyer, Quartier, & Wilhelm, 2012;Polivy & Herman, 1993). Social motives occur in response to external norms and expectations; they are activated when the consumption of food occurs during social occasions where individuals are motivated to adhere to group norms (Pliner & Chaiken, 1990;Roth, Herman, Polivy, & Pliner, 2001).…”

Self-critical perfectionism and binge eating symptoms: A longitudinal test of the intervening role of psychological need frustration.

“…First, accumulating need frustrating experiences might increase the inclination to engage in compensatory behaviors as a way to experience a derivative sense of satisfaction (Verstuyf, Patrick, Vansteenkiste, & Teixeira, 2012). Indeed, some studies found that binge eating alleviates negative feelings in PERFECTIONISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FRUSTRATION 23 the short term and helps to suppress extreme emotions (Munsch, Meyer, Quartier, & Wilhelm, 2012). Binge eating might thus be seen as a way to escape from negative self-awareness and from the need frustrating experiences (Heatherton & Baumeister, 1991).…”

Examining the role of distress tolerance and negative urgency in binge eating behavior among women

“…Indeed, several studies indicate that body dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms are associated with binge eating (see Araujo, Santos, & Nardi, 2010 for a review; Gordon, Holm-Denoma, Troop-Gordon, & Sand, 2012;Meno, Hannum, Espelage, & Douglas Low, 2008), as well as the urge to binge eat (Svaldi, Caffier, Blechert, & TuschenCaffier, 2009). Further, data from cross-sectional studies (Mitchell & Mazzeo, 2004;Napolitano & Himes, 2011) and ecological momentary assessment methods suggest that increases in psychological distress and disordered eating attitudes, including depressive symptoms, negative affect (i.e., anger, worry, guilt, tension), drive for thinness, weight concerns and cognitive restraint, precede binge eating episodes and are associated with a greater likelihood of same day binges (Barker, Williams, & Galambos, 2006;Freeman & Gil, 2004;Munsch, Meyer, Quartier, & Wilhelm, 2012). A number of prospective studies also found that depressive symptoms and disordered eating attitudes predict the onset of and increases in binge eating (Dobmeyer & Stein, 2003;Gilbert & Meyer, 2005;Presnell, Stice, Seidel, & Madeley, 2009;Skinner, Haines, Austin, & Field, 2012;Spoor et al, 2006;Stice, Burton, & Shaw, 2004;Stice, Presnell, & Spangler, 2002;Wertheim, Koerner, & Paxton, 2001).…”