Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2009):

Eating disorders: a basic emotion perspective.

Full Abstract

Recent research and theory have started to highlight how eating disorder symptoms are often used to regulate painful emotions. However, there has not been one study that has looked at the contributory effect of all the basic emotions onto disordered eating patterns. This study was designed to address this gap within the literature with a detailed examination of the five basic emotions (anger, sadness, disgust, fear and happiness) in relation to disordered eating patterns. This study used the Basic Emotions Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to explore levels of emotions within 53 female participants with disordered eating patterns who were recruited from the B-EAT research database. The results showed strong correlations between disordered eating and the four negative emotions, but only anger and sadness were left as significant contributors to disordered eating within the regression analysis. These findings were discussed in relation to the literature, with particular reference being made to the new Schematic Propositional Analogical Associative Representation System for Eating Disorders (SPAARS-ED) model.

Author information

Author/s: Fox, John R E (JR); Froom, Kate (K);

Affiliation: Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. jfox(-atsign-)affinityhealth.co.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Clinical psychology & psychotherapy (Clin Psychol Psychother), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Jul-Aug; vol 16 (issue 4) : pp 328-35

Dates: Created 2009/08/03; Completed 2009/11/03;

PMID: 19639651, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/3/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adult Anorexia Nervosa - psychology Anxiety - complications Body Image Bulimia Nervosa - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Depression - complications Eating Disorders - psychology

Emotions Female Humans Models, Psychological Predictive Value of Tests Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Regression Analysis Self Concept

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