Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Eat Behav. 2019 Apr;33:23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2019.02.004. Epub 2019 Feb 18.
Self-regulation is a dispositional skill of regulating attention and emotion to attain a certain goal. Poor self-regulation is associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) and is a risk factor for the development of obesity. Intuitive eating, an adaptive eating style characterized by eating in response to internal cues of hunger and satiety, is associated with a lower BMI. Using cross-sectional data, this study examined whether intuitive eating mediates the relationship between self-regulation and BMI in a community sample of adults. Participants (N = 530) completed the Self-Regulation Scale, the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 with its facets Unconditional Permission to Eat (UPE), Eating for Physical Rather Than Emotional Reasons (EPR), Reliance on Hunger and Satiety Cues (RHSC) and Body-Food Choice Congruence (B-FCC). They also self-reported their height and weight. Using percentile bootstrap resampling procedures, the simple mediation analysis showed an indirect relationship between self-regulation and BMI through intuitive eating. The multiple mediation analysis revealed that EPR and B-FCC, but not UPE and RHSC, mediated the relationship between self-regulation and BMI. Intuitive eating seems to play an important intermediating role in the relationship between self-regulation and BMI. Regarding weight management interventions, it could be useful to promote intuitive eating, especially for individuals with low self-regulation. Prospective studies are needed to explore the causal and temporal relationships among self-regulation, intuitive eating and BMI.
自我调节是一种调节注意力和情绪以达到特定目标的性格技能。自我调节能力差与较高的体重指数（BMI）有关，是肥胖发展的一个风险因素。直觉饮食是一种适应性的饮食方式，其特点是根据饥饿和饱腹感的内部信号来进食，与较低的 BMI 有关。本研究使用横断面数据，在成年人的社区样本中检验了直觉饮食是否在自我调节和 BMI 之间起中介作用。参与者（N=530）完成了自我调节量表、直觉饮食量表-2 及其方面：无条件进食许可（UPE）、为身体而非情绪原因进食（EPR）、依赖饥饿和饱腹感信号（RHSC）以及身体-食物选择一致性（B-FCC）。他们还报告了自己的身高和体重。使用百分位 bootstrap 重采样程序进行简单中介分析显示，自我调节和 BMI 之间存在通过直觉饮食的间接关系。多元中介分析显示，EPR 和 B-FCC 而不是 UPE 和 RHSC 介导了自我调节和 BMI 之间的关系。直觉饮食似乎在自我调节和 BMI 之间的关系中起着重要的中介作用。关于体重管理干预，促进直觉饮食可能是有用的，特别是对于自我调节能力较低的个体。需要前瞻性研究来探索自我调节、直觉饮食和 BMI 之间的因果和时间关系。
