Loneliness mediates the relationship between emotion dysregulation and bulimia nervosa/binge eating disorder psychopathology in a clinical sample

Matthew W. Southward; Kara A. Christensen; Karla C. Fettich; Jessica Weissman; Johnny Berona; Eunice Y. Chen

doi:10.1007/s40519-013-0083-2

Loneliness mediates the relationship between emotion dysregulation and bulimia nervosa/binge eating disorder psychopathology in a clinical sample

Matthew W. Southward^*, Kara A. Christensen, Karla C. Fettich, Jessica Weissman, Johnny Berona, Eunice Y. Chen

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Abstract

Emotion dysregulation has been linked to binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) although the mechanisms by which it affects BN/BED psychopathology are unclear. This study tested loneliness as a mediator between emotion dysregulation and BN/BED psychopathology. A treatment-seeking sample of 107 women with BN or BED was assessed for loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale), emotion dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale), and BN/BED psychopathology (Eating Disorder Examination) before treatment. Hierarchical linear regressions and bootstrapping mediation models were run. Greater overall emotion dysregulation was associated with greater BN/BED psychopathology, mediated by loneliness (95 % CI 0.03, 0.09). Emotion dysregulation, however, did not mediate between loneliness and BN/BED psychopathology (95 % CI −0.01, 0.01). Targeting loneliness may effectively treat emotional aspects of BN/BED in women.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	509-513
Number of pages	5
Journal	Eating and Weight Disorders
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0083-2
State	Published - Dec 2014

Keywords

Binge eating
Bulimia
Emotion regulation
Loneliness
Statistical analysis

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology

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