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Revisiting the affect regulation model of binge eating

A meta-analysis of studies using ecological momentary assessment

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ID4425652
AuthorsAlissa A Haedt-Matt, Alissa A Haedt‐matt (0000-0001-5865-681X), Pamela K Keel (0000-0001-6542-5147)
Year2011
Volume137
Issue4
Pages660-681
Publication date2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0023660
PMID21574678
PMCIDPMC3100657
OpenAlexW2078080642
LanguageEN
Citations received116

The affect regulation model of binge eating, which posits that patients binge eat to reduce negative affect (NA), has received support from cross-sectional and laboratory-based studies. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) involves momentary ratings and repeated assessments over time and is ideally suited to identify temporal antecedents and consequences of binge eating. This meta-analytic review includes EMA studies of affect and binge eating. Electronic database and manual searches produced 36 EMA studies with N = 968 participants (89% Caucasian women). Meta-analyses examined changes in affect before and after binge eating using within-subjects standardized mean gain effect sizes (ESs). Results supported greater NA preceding binge eating relative to average affect (ES = 0.63) and affect before regular eating (ES = 0.68). However, NA increased further following binge episodes (ES = 0.50). Preliminary findings suggested that NA decreased following purging in bulimia nervosa (ES = -0.46). Moderators included diagnosis (with significantly greater elevations of NA prior to bingeing in binge eating disorder compared to bulimia nervosa) and binge definition (with significantly smaller elevations of NA before binge vs. regular eating episodes for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders definition compared to lay definitions of binge eating). Overall, results fail to support the affect regulation model of binge eating and challenge reductions in NA as a maintenance factor for binge eating. However, limitations of this literature include unidimensional analyses of NA and inadequate examination of affect during binge eating, as binge eating may regulate only specific facets of affect or may reduce NA only during the episode

Affect (linguistics · Binge eating · Biology · Eating disorders · Meta-analysis · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Ecology

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