Negative and positive affect and disordered eating: The adaptive role of intuitive eating and body image flexibility

ConclusionsThis study contributes to the understanding of the adaptative and mediational role that intuitive eating and body image flexibility play in the link between affectivity and eating ‐related difficulties. Indeed, these emotional regulation processes seem to play a protective role against disordered eating, by reducing reactivity and impulsive eating in response to negative and PA. The study findings suggest that prevention and intervention programs focused on body and eating‐ related difficulties should promote a more aware and adaptative pattern of eating and body image flexibility, which seems especially relevant to deal with Western societies' body and eating‐related paradoxical messages.

Source: Clinical Psychologist - May 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ana Cardoso, Sara Oliveira, Cl áudia Ferreira Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research