Self-discrepancy as a Predictor of Eating Disorder Symptoms: Findings from Two Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies of Adults with Binge Eating

Mason, Tyler B.; Crosby, Ross D.; Dvorak, Robert D.; Engel, Scott G.; Crow, Scott J.; Wonderlich, Stephen A.; Peterson, Carol B.

doi:10.1007/s10608-021-10279-5

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“…Completing event-based surveys relies on self-initiation by caregivers, thus, there may be occasions when caregivers forget to report children’s food requests or consumption. To ensure these feeding interactions are captured, each EMA survey ends with the option to report an occasion where children have asked for, or consumed food, that caregivers have not previously reported, as done in other EMA research [ 23 , 30 ].…”

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Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Edwards,

Croker,

Farrow

et al. 2024

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Background An avid eating behavior profile is characterized by a greater interest in food and a tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions. Parents use specific strategies to manage feeding interactions with children with avid eating behavior. While momentary and contextual factors, such as parental mood, have been found to influence parental feeding practices, there is a lack of research examining parents’ daily experiences of feeding children with avid eating behavior. Examining this is important because parental feeding practices are key levers in tailored interventions to support children’s healthy eating behavior. Objective We aim to describe the ecological momentary assessment methods and procedures used in the APPETItE (Appetite in Preschoolers: Producing Evidence for Tailoring Interventions Effectively) project, which aims to examine how variation in parental mood, feeding goals, and the context of eating occasions affect the parental feeding practices used to manage feeding interactions with children with an avid eating behavior profile. Methods Participants are primary caregivers from the APPETItE cohort who have a preschool-age child (aged 3-5 years) with an avid eating behavior profile. Caregivers complete a 10-day ecological momentary assessment period using signal- and event-contingent surveys to examine (1) mood and stress, (2) parental feeding goals, and (3) contextual factors as predictors of parental feeding practices. Results Recruitment and data collection began in October 2023 and is expected to be completed by spring 2024. The data have a 3-level structure: repeated measurements (level 1) nested within days (level 2) nested within an individual (level 3). Thus, lag-dependent models will be conducted to test the main hypotheses. Conclusions The findings from this study will provide an understanding of caregivers’ daily experiences of feeding preschool children with avid eating behavior, who are at greater risk for the development of obesity. Understanding the predictors of feeding practices at the moment they occur, and across various contexts, will inform the development of tailored resources to support caregivers in managing children’s avid eating behavior. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/55193

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Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Edwards,

Croker,

Farrow

et al. 2024

JMIR Res Protoc

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“…Building on this model, Trompeter et al (2021) suggest that an inability to regulate negative emotions and over‐evaluation of shape and weight may be core to the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. Relatedly, scholars have argued that self‐discrepancies and appearance‐related self‐discrepancies between one's actual, ideal, and ought self can contribute to negative affective states and consequent disordered eating psychopathology (e.g., Lantz et al, 2018; Mason et al, 2022).…”

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Body‐related self‐conscious emotions, self‐compassion, and dietary restraint in Canadian undergraduate university students: A multilevel mediation and moderation analysis

Bourke,

Pila

2023

Intl J Eating Disorders

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ObjectiveSelf‐compassion has an inverse association with dietary restraint however, the mechanisms linking self‐compassion and dietary restraint are not clear. This study aimed to determine to what extent self‐compassion was inversely concurrently related to dietary restraint, indirectly through body‐related self‐conscious emotions, and to what extent trait self‐compassion moderated the concurrent within‐person association between body‐related self‐conscious emotions and dietary restraint.MethodData was collected from 224 Canadian university students who reported on trait self‐compassion at baseline and body‐related shame, guilt, envy, and embarrassment, and dietary restraint biweekly between November 2020 and August 2021.ResultsResults from a 2‐1‐1 multilevel mediation model showed that trait self‐compassion was indirectly concurrently related to dietary restraint through body‐related shame, guilt, envy, and embarrassment. Results from the moderation model showed that there was a significant positive concurrent within‐person association between body‐related shame, envy, and embarrassment, but not guilt, with dietary restraint. These relationships were not moderated by trait self‐compassion.DiscussionThis study adds to our understanding of the concurrent association between body‐related self‐conscious emotions and dietary restraint, and the mechanisms through which self‐compassion is related to dietary restraint. Given body‐related self‐conscious emotions were related to dietary restraint at both the within‐person and between‐person level, both compassion‐focused interventions that aim to improve general levels of body‐related self‐conscious emotions and interventions that aim to overcome spikes in these emotions compared with one's usual level are warranted.Public Significance StatementNegative body‐related self‐conscious emotions were related to higher levels of dietary restraint both across individuals and within individuals over time; and may play a mechanistic role in linking self‐compassion with dietary restraint. Interventions aimed at reducing negative body‐related self‐conscious emotions are warranted in the prevention of eating disorder psychopathology.

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Characterization of Binge Eating Days in Daily Life

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Self-discrepancy as a Predictor of Eating Disorder Symptoms: Findings from Two Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies of Adults with Binge Eating

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Body‐related self‐conscious emotions, self‐compassion, and dietary restraint in Canadian undergraduate university students: A multilevel mediation and moderation analysis

Characterization of Binge Eating Days in Daily Life

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