Longitudinal investigation of the abstinence violation effect in binge eaters.

Abstract

This study, guided in part by G. A. Marlatt and J. R. Gordon's (1985) abstinence violation effect (AVE) model, examined whether variability in cognitive and emotional reactions to binges accounts for recurrence of binge eating. Attributional, cognitive, and affective reactions to two successive binges, as well as the latencies between each binge and a subsequent binge, were evaluated through a series of structured phone interviews with 50 nonpurging normal-weight female bingers. Reported mood after binging was unrelated to binge latency. However, when Ss made more intense internal, global, and uncontrollable causal attributions for a binge, a subsequent binge followed significantly sooner. Within-subject variations in AVEs across binges prospectively predicted within-subject variations in the speed with which another binge followed. Analyses suggested that cognitive states (e.g., AVE and guilt) evoked by particular events were better predictors of how quickly binging repeats than were stable differences in attributional style.

Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: The role of anxiety, depression and emotional eating

“…Corroborating our expectations and consistent with previous research findings, we have found that LC was significantly associated with higher degrees of anxiety symptoms (Glasofer et al, 2007). These findings fit well within the Affect Regulation Model, which proposes that individuals may lose control over their eating behaviour and start to binge eat because they believe it provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton et al, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon et al, 1995).…”

“…These findings can be situated in the predictions of the Affect Regulation Model which proposes that individuals who lose control over their eating and start to binge believe that eating provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton, Stice, Bearman, & Rohde, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon, Fulkerson, Perry, & Earlyzald, 1995).…”

Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: The role of anxiety, depression and emotional eating

“…Corroborating our expectations and consistent with previous research findings, we have found that LC was significantly associated with higher degrees of anxiety symptoms (Glasofer et al, 2007). These findings fit well within the Affect Regulation Model, which proposes that individuals may lose control over their eating behaviour and start to binge eat because they believe it provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton et al, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon et al, 1995).…”

“…These findings can be situated in the predictions of the Affect Regulation Model which proposes that individuals who lose control over their eating and start to binge believe that eating provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton, Stice, Bearman, & Rohde, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon, Fulkerson, Perry, & Earlyzald, 1995).…”

Binge Eating, Body Image, Depression, and Self‐Efficacy in an Obese Clinical Population

“…in the past 6 months. These criteria are consistent with the primary diagnostic criteria of Binge Eating Disorder (2) and similar to criteria used by previous researchers (29,30).…”

Food for mood: Experimentally induced negative affect triggers loss of control over eating in adolescents with low inhibitory control

“…From a theoretical perspective, the results further strengthen the notion of self‐regulation difficulty, and specifically low inhibitory control, as trait‐like explanatory factors for LOC among adolescents. Moreover, the current findings substantially add to existing theoretical models (e.g., affect regulation model; Grilo & Shiffman, 1994) by going beyond the role of negative affect as a trait‐like explanatory factor and providing evidence for the triggering role of state negative affect in the relationship between inhibitory control and LOC.…”

Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: The role of anxiety, depression and emotional eating

“…Corroborating our expectations and consistent with previous research findings, we have found that LC was significantly associated with higher degrees of anxiety symptoms (Glasofer et al, 2007). These findings fit well within the Affect Regulation Model, which proposes that individuals may lose control over their eating behaviour and start to binge eat because they believe it provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton et al, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon et al, 1995).…”

“…These findings can be situated in the predictions of the Affect Regulation Model which proposes that individuals who lose control over their eating and start to binge believe that eating provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton, Stice, Bearman, & Rohde, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon, Fulkerson, Perry, & Earlyzald, 1995).…”

Binge Eating, Body Image, Depression, and Self‐Efficacy in an Obese Clinical Population

“…in the past 6 months. These criteria are consistent with the primary diagnostic criteria of Binge Eating Disorder (2) and similar to criteria used by previous researchers (29,30).…”

Food for mood: Experimentally induced negative affect triggers loss of control over eating in adolescents with low inhibitory control

“…From a theoretical perspective, the results further strengthen the notion of self‐regulation difficulty, and specifically low inhibitory control, as trait‐like explanatory factors for LOC among adolescents. Moreover, the current findings substantially add to existing theoretical models (e.g., affect regulation model; Grilo & Shiffman, 1994) by going beyond the role of negative affect as a trait‐like explanatory factor and providing evidence for the triggering role of state negative affect in the relationship between inhibitory control and LOC.…”

Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: The role of anxiety, depression and emotional eating

“…Corroborating our expectations and consistent with previous research findings, we have found that LC was significantly associated with higher degrees of anxiety symptoms (Glasofer et al, 2007). These findings fit well within the Affect Regulation Model, which proposes that individuals may lose control over their eating behaviour and start to binge eat because they believe it provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton et al, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon et al, 1995).…”

“…These findings can be situated in the predictions of the Affect Regulation Model which proposes that individuals who lose control over their eating and start to binge believe that eating provides distraction and comfort from painful negative emotions (Burton, Stice, Bearman, & Rohde, 2007;Grilo & Shiffman, 1994;Leon, Fulkerson, Perry, & Earlyzald, 1995).…”

Binge Eating, Body Image, Depression, and Self‐Efficacy in an Obese Clinical Population

“…in the past 6 months. These criteria are consistent with the primary diagnostic criteria of Binge Eating Disorder (2) and similar to criteria used by previous researchers (29,30).…”

Food for mood: Experimentally induced negative affect triggers loss of control over eating in adolescents with low inhibitory control

“…From a theoretical perspective, the results further strengthen the notion of self‐regulation difficulty, and specifically low inhibitory control, as trait‐like explanatory factors for LOC among adolescents. Moreover, the current findings substantially add to existing theoretical models (e.g., affect regulation model; Grilo & Shiffman, 1994) by going beyond the role of negative affect as a trait‐like explanatory factor and providing evidence for the triggering role of state negative affect in the relationship between inhibitory control and LOC.…”