Impact of emotional awareness and parental bonding on emotional eating in obese women

Parental Traits in the Relationship of Type and Severity of Psychopathology in Young Adults

“…In addition, other previous studies also reported similar findings, which are in line with our present study (Schofild et al, 2012;Rikhye, 2008). Parker et al (1997) also indicated that generalized anxiety disorder is significantly related to inappropriate parental bonding (Rommel et al, 2012).…”

“…Tetley et al (2014) have found that women with eating disorders typically reported parental care and higher overprotection. Rommel et al (2012) have indicated that maternal and paternal overprotection negatively influenced the emotional awareness of obese patients such that emotional awareness positively influenced their emotional eating. Low parental overprotection predicted internet addiction among addicted behavioral studies (Chen, Chen, Gau, 2015), and maternal and paternal overprotection and ambivalent attachment were the best predictors of sexual addiction, differentiating 72.9 percent of sexual addicts from the control group (Zahedian, Mohammadi & Samani, 2011).…”

Better quality of mother–child interaction at 4 years of age decreases emotional overeating in IUGR girls

“…Children of mothers who use food for emotion regulation consume more sweet palatable foods in response to emotional stimuli when compared to children whose mothers do not use this feeding practice frequently; this maternal behavior may trigger emotional overeating in the context of negative mood in these children (Blissett, Haycraft, & Farrow, 2010). In obese women, paternal and maternal overprotection decrease emotional awareness and increase emotional eating (Rommel et al, 2012). The "low care/high control" pattern of parental bonding is also associated with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia (Canetti, Kanyas, Lerer, Latzer, & Bachar, 2008;Fosse & Holen, 2006;Fujimori et al, 2011;Lobera, Rios, & Casals, 2011;Swanson et al, 2010;Turner, Rose, & Cooper, 2005).…”

Emotional Eating, Binge Eating and Animal Models of Binge-Type Eating Disorders

“…Cross-sectional questionnaire-based research has shown that overweight/ obese women report greater levels of emotional eating than participants within the healthy weight range [109,110]. A 2-year prospective study has shown that emotional eating moderated a relationship between the overconsumption of food and weight gain [111].…”