The moderating role of self-compassion on the relationship between emotion-focused impulsivity and dietary restraint in a diverse undergraduate sample.

Autor: Breiner CE; University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA. Electronic address: cbreiner@albany.edu., Scharmer C; University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA., Zon C; University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA., Anderson D; University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Eating behaviors [Eat Behav] 2022 Aug; Vol. 46, pp. 101650. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101650
Abstrakt: Objective: High levels of emotion-focused impulsivity (e.g., negative urgency) are significantly related to disordered eating behaviors, including dietary restraint. The objective of the current study was to understand the moderating role of self-compassion between emotion-focused impulsivity and dietary restraint in a diverse undergraduate sample. We hypothesized that high levels of self-compassion would protect individuals with high levels of emotion-focused impulsivity from engaging in high levels of dietary restraint.
Method: Participants (n = 607, M age  = 18.8, 63 % female, 45.3 % White) completed the UPPS-P, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire as part of a larger study examining eating behaviors in college students.
Results: Negative urgency, but not positive urgency, was related to dietary restraint. Self-compassion moderated the relationship between both forms of impulsivity and dietary restraint, such that individuals with high emotion-focused impulsivity and high self-compassion had lower dietary restraint than individuals who had high emotion-focused impulsivity and low self-compassion.
Discussion: Emotion-focused urgency is a risk factor for dietary restraint; both factors are highly correlated with more severe eating pathology, such as binging and purging behaviors. Self-compassion may buffer against the risk of emotion-focused impulsivity on engaging in dietary restraint behaviors in a community sample, which may inform our understanding of preventative interventions against eating pathology. These results should be replicated in clinical populations and across eating disorder diagnoses.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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