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Dietary Restraint in Individuals with Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder: Manifestation and Its Relation to Binge Eating Behavior

Nasser, Jessica Diana
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1465071529

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a serious condition that negatively affects a large number of individuals. The mechanisms associated with binge eating in BED are not fully understood and subject to debate. The putative mechanism of dietary restraint is especially controversial and has garnered mixed results regarding its relation to BED. This study examined whether individuals with symptoms of BED (“BED-S” for the purposes of this study; N = 42) endorsed more cognitive and behavioral manifestations of dietary restraint than did non-eating disorder controls (N = 46), and whether the cognitive and behavioral manifestations of dietary restraint predicted binge eating behavior. This study used a 7-day, prospective self-monitoring design (i.e., Ecological Momentary Assessment, or EMA) to assess self-reported thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to dietary restraint in BED-S individuals and controls. BED-S participants did not endorse significantly more restraint-related behavior (i.e., delayed eating) or feelings of deprivation than did controls. BED-S participants did endorse significantly more all-or-none thinking and compensatory cognitions when compared to controls. After controlling for baseline demographic and psychological variables on which the two groups differed, a hierarchical linear regression indicated that all-or-none thinking significantly predicted the occurrence of binge eating behavior. Compensatory cognitions also predicted the presence of binge eating behavior, but in the direction opposite to the one hypothesized.
Amy Przeworski, PhD (Committee Chair)
Julie Exline, PhD (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Short, PhD (Committee Member)
Jeffrey Janata, PhD (Committee Member)
172 p.
Psychology
binge eating disorder; dietary restraint; ecological momentary assessment; all-or-none thinking; compensatory cognition; delayed eating; deprivation

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  • Nasser, J. D. (2016). Dietary Restraint in Individuals with Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder: Manifestation and Its Relation to Binge Eating Behavior [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1465071529

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nasser, Jessica. Dietary Restraint in Individuals with Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder: Manifestation and Its Relation to Binge Eating Behavior. 2016. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1465071529.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nasser, Jessica. "Dietary Restraint in Individuals with Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder: Manifestation and Its Relation to Binge Eating Behavior." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1465071529

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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