Emotions mediate the relationship between autistic traits and disordered eating: A new autistic-emotional model for eating pathology
| Autor: | Chiara Paganini, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Isabel Krug, Salma Mansour, Janet Treasure, Vanja Rozenblat |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Autism-spectrum quotient
Adult Male Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder Eating Disorders Emotions Empathy quotient Personal Satisfaction Attitudes towards Emotional Expression Autism Spectrum Quotient Developmental psychology Feeding and Eating Disorders 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Body Image Humans Emotional expression Attention Disordered eating Autistic Disorder Biological Psychiatry Empathising Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry High-functioning autism Psychiatry and Mental health Eating disorders Phenotype Attitude Autism spectrum disorder Emotion Dysregulation Female medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Dieting Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Mansour, S, Rozenblat, V, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Paganini, C, Treasure, J & Krug, I 2016, ' Emotions mediate the relationship between autistic traits and disordered eating: A new autistic-emotional model for eating pathology ', Psychiatry Research . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.08.021 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to assess the extent of overlap between autistic traits, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating and to explore the mediating effects of negative attitudes towards emotional expression and emotion dysregulation. The sample comprised 416 university students (82% females, 17 to 48 years [M = 19.76, SD = 3.85]), who completed an online questionnaire assessing eating attitudes and behaviours (including dieting, bulimia and oral control), body dissatisfaction, and autistic traits (including the Autism Quotient [AQ] and its related subscales as well as the Empathising Quotient). Attitudes towards emotional expression and emotion regulation were also assessed. Results revealed that eating pathology correlated highly with all AQ subscales, with the exception of the attention to detail subscale. However, there was no significant relationship between empathising and eating pathology. Path-analyses indicated that emotion dysregulation, but not negative attitudes towards emotional expression, was a significant mediator of the relationship between AQ, body dissatisfaction and eating pathology. Direct relationships were also obtained for the AQ-bulimia and the AQ-oral control paths. Prevention and early intervention programs for eating pathology would likely benefit from addressing abnormalities in emotion processes in individuals who score highly on measures of autistic traits. |
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