Emotion dysregulation and eating symptoms: Analysis of group sessions in patients with eating disorder

Abstract

The aim of this article was to explore and analyze the relationship between emotions, feelings and moods, with eating behavior and other behaviors in patients with eating disorders (ED). A total of 43 women aged among 14 to 45 years (M = 19.8, SD = 6.8), 19 were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 22 with bulimia nervosa and two with binge eating disorder. All participants attended to an ambulatory intensive program. Based on a qualitative methodology, it was analyzed the content of a dialectical behavior therapy group session. Before negative emotions it was observed that patients-regardless of the ED diagnostic-preferentially use suppression strategies rather than re-appraisal. Specifically, patients with anorexia nervosa tend to face negative emotions based on the expression of restrictive symptoms while bulimic ones tend to binge and/or purge. It was notorious the difficulty of all patients to name and discriminate emotions or associate them with maladaptive behaviors. ED treatment requires therapeutic techniques aimed to strength tolerance when discomfort is induced by negative emotions, but also promoting re-appraisal of these emotions.

Desregulación emocional en la formación inicial de profesores de Pedagogía en Educación Física (Emotional dysregulation in the initial teacher training of Physical Education Pedagogy)

“…Lo anterior, puede estar provocado por problemas socioemocionales como relaciones sentimentales, peleas con seres queridos, estar lejos de la familia, entre otros (Santoya, Garcés & Tezón, 2018). Asimismo, las dificultades para regular las emociones están asociadas también a tres factores básicos de la emoción: la respuesta fisiológica, la experiencia y el comportamiento considerados como los canales de respuesta (Rodríguez et al, 2017).…”

Desregulación emocional y nivel de riesgo por consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en universitarios colombianos

“…Por su parte, la desregulación emocional se caracteriza por la ausencia de estrategias de adaptación junto con el uso de estrategias disfuncionales para regular respuestas emocionales (Aldao et al, 2010). La disfunción de la regulación se ha asociado con múltiples trastornos emocionales y del comportamiento, entre los que se encuentran las autolesiones, el trastorno límite de la personalidad y el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas, entre otros (Cerpa & Muñoz, 2005;Garke et al, 2021;Garland et al, 2020;Marín et al, 2012;Parolin et al, 2017;Rodríguez, et al, 2017). Además, la desregulación emocional influye tanto en el desarrollo, como en el mantenimiento y tratamiento del consumo de SPA, y actúa como factor de riesgo para sufrir recaídas (Blanco & Jiménez, 2015;Rezaie et al, 2021;Wegen et al, 2017;Zavala & López, 2012).…”

Emotion regulation and healthy behaviors of the body energy balance in adults: A review of evidence

“…In response to the above, it is necessary that training in positive reevaluation (Giuliani et al, 2013) and particularly those developed under third-generation models such as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), could contribute to the management of the difficulties in ER that precede behaviors such as food restriction and compulsive eating (Holmqvist et al, 2020;Juarascio et al, 2020;Maciel et al, 2017;Rodríguez et al, 2017). People can select a situation to avoid contact with foods that trigger the compulsive response, eat substitute foods, guide their attention towards foods with lower caloric value, re-evaluate the intake depending on their consequences and modulate the consumption response to contribute to the systematic reduction of anxiety.…”