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  • Resisting the temptation of food: Regulating overeating and associations with emotion regulation, mindfulness, and eating pathology

    Author(s)
    Kerin, Jessica L
    Webb, Haley J
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Objective: The ability to regulate overeating has been recognised as integral to healthy weight management and an alternative approach to dieting in addressing excess weight, yet it has received limited examination. Accordingly, our aim was to identify demographic and psychological correlates of overeating regulation in a sample of university students, to facilitate greater understanding of this self‐regulatory capacity. Variables of interest included emotion regulation, mindfulness, eating pathology, age, and gender. Method: Self‐report measures were completed by 312 Australian university students (68% female; M age = 22 ...
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    Objective: The ability to regulate overeating has been recognised as integral to healthy weight management and an alternative approach to dieting in addressing excess weight, yet it has received limited examination. Accordingly, our aim was to identify demographic and psychological correlates of overeating regulation in a sample of university students, to facilitate greater understanding of this self‐regulatory capacity. Variables of interest included emotion regulation, mindfulness, eating pathology, age, and gender. Method: Self‐report measures were completed by 312 Australian university students (68% female; M age = 22 years). Results: Exploratory factor analyses indicated three overeating regulation subscales: (1) general overeating regulation (general ability to resist overeating); (2) discomfort overeating dysregulation (inability to resist overeating when experiencing physical pain or negative emotions); and (3) leisure overeating dysregulation (inability to resist overeating in leisure contexts and/or in the presence of high calorie foods). Overeating regulation was not associated with age; though young men reported better general overeating regulation capacity than young women. Individuals reporting greater ability to regulate overeating (across all three subscales) reported better emotion regulation and mindfulness, and less eating pathology. Multiple regression analyses showed that the emotion regulation subscales of goal‐directedness, emotional awareness, and impulse control, and the mindfulness subscales of acting with awareness and non‐reactivity to inner experience were unique correlates of the overeating regulation subscales. Conclusions: This study offers greater understanding about the different facets of overeating regulation, and highlights the relevance of emotion regulation and mindfulness in this adaptive eating practise.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Journal of Psychology
    Volume
    70
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12169
    Subject
    Psychology
    Other psychology not elsewhere classified
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/379800
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