University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Eat Behav. 2022 Aug;46:101650. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101650. Epub 2022 Jun 21.
High levels of emotion-focused impulsivity (e.g., negative urgency) are significantly related to disordered eating behaviors, including dietary restraint. The objective of the current study was to understand the moderating role of self-compassion between emotion-focused impulsivity and dietary restraint in a diverse undergraduate sample. We hypothesized that high levels of self-compassion would protect individuals with high levels of emotion-focused impulsivity from engaging in high levels of dietary restraint.
Participants (n = 607, M = 18.8, 63 % female, 45.3 % White) completed the UPPS-P, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire as part of a larger study examining eating behaviors in college students.
Negative urgency, but not positive urgency, was related to dietary restraint. Self-compassion moderated the relationship between both forms of impulsivity and dietary restraint, such that individuals with high emotion-focused impulsivity and high self-compassion had lower dietary restraint than individuals who had high emotion-focused impulsivity and low self-compassion.
Emotion-focused urgency is a risk factor for dietary restraint; both factors are highly correlated with more severe eating pathology, such as binging and purging behaviors. Self-compassion may buffer against the risk of emotion-focused impulsivity on engaging in dietary restraint behaviors in a community sample, which may inform our understanding of preventative interventions against eating pathology. These results should be replicated in clinical populations and across eating disorder diagnoses.
情绪聚焦冲动水平较高（例如，消极冲动）与饮食失调行为显著相关，包括饮食抑制。本研究的目的是了解在不同的大学生样本中，自我同情在情绪聚焦冲动和饮食抑制之间的调节作用。我们假设高水平的自我同情将保护高情绪聚焦冲动水平的个体避免出现高水平的饮食抑制。
参与者（n=607，M=18.8，63%为女性，45.3%为白人）完成了 UPPS-P、饮食失调检查问卷和自我同情问卷，这是一项更大规模的研究的一部分，旨在研究大学生的饮食行为。
消极冲动，但不是积极冲动，与饮食抑制有关。自我同情调节了两种冲动形式与饮食抑制之间的关系，即高情绪聚焦冲动和高自我同情的个体比高情绪聚焦冲动和低自我同情的个体的饮食抑制程度更低。
情绪聚焦冲动是饮食抑制的一个风险因素；这两个因素都与更严重的饮食失调行为高度相关，如暴食和清泻行为。自我同情可能会缓冲情绪聚焦冲动对饮食抑制行为的风险，这可能会增进我们对预防饮食失调干预措施的理解。这些结果应在临床人群和各种饮食失调诊断中得到复制。
