Emotion regulation difficulties and dietary restraint independently predict binge eating among men.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that negative emotions themselves do not lead to binge eating, but manifest through emotion regulation difficulties and dietary restraint. The results indicate that emotion regulation and restraint play a role in precipitating binge eating among men. However, the emotion regulation and restraint pathways seem to operate independently from one another. Our study also supports the differentiation of overeating and binge eating, as these seem to have different etiologies. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study. PMID: 31621002 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research