Revisiting the affect regulation model of binge eating: A meta-analysis of studies using ecological momentary assessment.
University of Iowa · Florida State University
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 37.11
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- 100%
- References
- 191
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2Topics & keywords
- Affect (linguistics)
- Psychology
- Binge eating
- Ecology
- Meta-analysis
- Clinical psychology
- Eating disorders
- Medicine