Social cognition and bulimic symptoms in male undergraduate students: The conditional effect of emotion dysregulation.

Autor: Kwan MY; Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA., Dodd D; Center for Biobehavioral Research, Sanford Research, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association [Eur Eat Disord Rev] 2024 Nov; Vol. 32 (6), pp. 1220-1226. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1002/erv.3120
Abstrakt: Objective: Research demonstrates associations between poor social cognition and eating disorder (ED) pathology. Moreover, research shows that individuals with EDs struggle with emotion regulation. The present study replicates and extends the literature on social cognition and ED pathology, which previously focused largely on symptoms of anorexia nervosa among women while the present study focuses on symptoms of bulimia nervosa among undergraduate men. Further, this study tests the hypothesis that better emotion regulation mitigates the association between social cognition and ED pathology.
Methods: At a single timepoint, undergraduate males (n = 520) completed a series of questionnaires, and a task assessing mentalising, a key element of social cognition.
Results: Consistent with hypotheses, bulimic symptoms were associated with worse mentalising and worse self-reported emotion regulation. Moreover, the association between mentalising and bulimic symptomatology was conditional on emotion regulation, such that it was strongest among those with more difficulties regulating their emotions.
Conclusion: Results are consistent with existing theories that highlight an interplay between interpersonal (e.g., mentalisation) and intrapersonal (e.g., affective functioning) factors in relation to ED symptomatology. Among undergraduate males, bulimic symptoms were associated with worse mentalisation. However, a good ability to regulate emotions interrupted this association.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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