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Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
12-2014
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Jill D. Stinson
Committee Members
William T. Dalton III, Wallace Dixon, Merry Miller
Abstract
This study further defines the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and problem eating behavior. A total of 403 psychology undergraduate students completed measures of emotion regulation, disordered eating patterns, depression, and anxiety. Results from correlational and regression analyses suggest that difficulties in emotion regulation are related to problem eating behavior (r = .360, p< .001) and that overt problem eating behaviors and attitudes may be impacted more directly by symptoms of mood disorders rather than difficulties in emotion regulation (R2 = .190, F(4, 368) = 18.647, p< .001). Nonacceptance of emotional experience showed a significant impact on problem eating behavior above and beyond mood (R2 = .193, F(2, 370) = 44.162, p< .001; MOOD, β = .339, p< .001; nonaccept, β = .143, p = .014). The results of this study may have implications for prevention and treatment of problem eating behavior.
Document Type
Thesis - restricted
Recommended Citation
Williams, Brittany V., "Assessing the Relationship Between Problem Eating Behavior and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in a College Sample" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2439. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2439
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.