Self-compassion as a protective pathway in the link between mental health symptoms and emotional eating in a pre-bariatric sample

Background: Attempts to regulate negative affect (e.g., anxiety, depression) through emotional eating have been implicated as risk factors for post-operative weight regain. Identifying protective factors that disrupt this pathway might inform psychosocial interventions. The current study tested whether self-compassion, an affect regulation strategy linked to psychosocial and behavioral health, mediates the association between depressive/anxiety symptoms and emotional eating.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research