a Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Psychology , University of Tennessee , Knoxville , TN , USA.
b Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology , Ohio University , Athens , OH , USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2018 Jan-Mar;50(1):81-87. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1368746. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
There has been a growing focus on identifying factors that underlie and maintain bulimic symptoms and substance use disorders (SUDs), as both are associated with high mortality and poor clinical outcomes. Experiential avoidance has been an area of interest within both the eating disorder and SUD fields, as it is a robust risk factor for both disorders. No known research has examined the relationship between experiential avoidance and bulimic symptoms in a SUD treatment-seeking sample. Moreover, the extant literature has focused exclusively on female samples. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship between bulimic symptoms and experiential avoidance within an understudied population: men in treatment for a SUD. Three separate hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the following relationships: (1) experiential avoidance and bulimic symptoms; (2) experiential avoidance and alcohol use and problems; and (3) experiential avoidance and drug use and problems. Results demonstrated that, controlling for alcohol and drug use and problems, experiential avoidance was significantly associated with bulimic symptoms. Experiential avoidance was also significantly associated with alcohol use and problems and drug use and problems. These findings are preliminary and future research is needed to further examine this relationship.
人们越来越关注确定导致贪食症症状和物质使用障碍（SUD）的因素，因为这两种疾病都与高死亡率和较差的临床结果有关。在饮食障碍和 SUD 领域，经验回避一直是一个研究热点，因为它是这两种疾病的一个强有力的风险因素。目前还没有研究调查经验回避与 SUD 治疗中寻求治疗的样本中的贪食症症状之间的关系。此外，现有的文献仅关注女性样本。本探索性研究的目的是在一个研究较少的人群中检查贪食症症状和经验回避之间的关系：男性 SUD 治疗者。进行了三个单独的分层回归分析，以检验以下关系：（1）经验回避与贪食症症状；（2）经验回避与酒精使用和问题；（3）经验回避与药物使用和问题。结果表明，在控制酒精和药物使用和问题后，经验回避与贪食症症状显著相关。经验回避也与酒精使用和问题以及药物使用和问题显著相关。这些发现是初步的，需要进一步的研究来进一步研究这种关系。
