The Moderating Role of Father’s Care on the Onset of Binge Eating Symptoms Among Female Late Adolescents with Insecure Attachment

Abstract

The present study examined the association between quality of attachment, perception of the father's bond, and binge eating symptoms in a sample of female late adolescents. In total, 233 female students aged between 18 and 20 years completed measures on binge eating, quality of attachment and parent-child relationship. Data showed that respondents with binge symptoms reported lower scores on secure attachment and father's care, and higher scores on preoccupied and fearful attachment. Binge eating symptoms were associated with father's care, but not with father's overprotection. Also, binge symptoms were negatively associated with secure attachment styles, and positively with preoccupied and fearful attachment. The data, finally, provided evidence that at higher levels of preoccupied attachment, the impact of binge symptoms tended to be lower when father's care was high.

PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF EMOTIONAL EATING: THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT, PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOM DISTRESS, LOVE ATTITUDES and PERCEIVED HUNGER

“…Inconsistent with expectations, secure, dismissiveavoidant and fearful-avoidant attachment did not significantly predict emotional eating in the present study. Whilst this finding is not surprising for fearful-Science Publications CRP avoidant attachment style given discrepancies within current literature (Pace et al, 2012), the results regarding secure and dismissive-avoidant attachment are surprising given the inconsistency with current literature.…”

“…Conversely, dismissive-avoidant attachments have been associated with lower levels of engagement in external affect regulaton, with researchers suggesting this is due to a tendency to inhibit stress and repress emotional investment in problems (Mikulincer et al, 2003). Fearful-avoidant attachment has been associated with other overeating behaviours, such as binge eating (Pace et al, 2012) and other disordered eating symptoms (Suldo and Sandberg, 2000). Consequently, individuals with a fearful-avoidant attachment may be expected to have stronger emotional eating tendencies.…”

Family functioning and disability: a study on Italian parents with disabled children

“…Literature suggests a mutual relationship between the problematic behavior of the child, the parents' stress and their consequent behavior (Pace, Cacioppo, & Schimmenti, 2012;Pace, & Zappulla, 2011;Schimmenti, et al, 2014); this ratio appears to be mediated by parents' negative emotional reactions to eISSN: 2357-1330 responsibility of the Conference Organization Committee the problematic behavior of the child, and their psychological resources, such as problem solving (Floyd, Harter, & Costigan, 2004), coping strategies (Opperman, & Alant, 2003; and resilience (Herring at al., 2006;Van Riper, 2007).…”

The mediating role of perceived peer support in the relation between quality of attachment and internalizing problems in adolescence: a longitudinal perspective

“…The model of self refers to a representation of how accepted or unaccepted the child feels in the eyes of his/her attachment figures (Dykas 35 & Cassidy, 2011), while the child's model of others is formed by what he or she expects in terms of attention and love (Bartholomew, 1997;Pace, Cacioppo, & Schimmenti, 2012). Working models become increasingly resistant to change as development proceeds because new information that does not fit into existing structures is difficult to process and may be defensively excluded (Bowlby, 1969(Bowlby, , 1973.…”