The moderating effects of mindfulness facets on psychological distress and emotional eating behaviour
| Title: | The moderating effects of mindfulness facets on psychological distress and emotional eating behaviour |
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| Authors: | Diarmuid Verrier, Catherine Day |
| Source: | Health Psychology Report, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 103-110 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Termedia Publishing House, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: | depression, anxiety, stress, emotional eating, mindfulness, Medicine, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: | Introduction Emotional eating is an impulsive mood-regulation strategy that often follows psychological distress. Mindfulness is associated with less impulsive behaviour. Mindful eating involves a considered awareness of hunger and satiety, and conscious, non-automatic, food choices. This study examines the moderating Material and methods Participants (N = 392) completed self-report measures on distress, mindfulness and emotional eating, after which moderation analysis was carried out. Results Mindfulness was negatively associated with emotional eating, but only when distress was low. The most important facets of mindfulness for this were being able to describe one’s emotional state and a non-judgemental response to that state. Conclusions These results support previous findings that mindfulness reduces the impact distress has on emotional eating. Future research could explore interventions that enable individuals to describe their emotional state in the moment to reduce preoccupation with food during times of distress. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2353-4184 2353-5571 |
| Relation: | https://hpr.termedia.pl/The-moderating-effects-of-mindfulness-facets-on-psychological-distress-and-emotional,142061,0,2.html; https://doaj.org/toc/2353-4184; https://doaj.org/toc/2353-5571 |
| DOI: | 10.5114/hpr.2021.109921 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/83f4ba542c2a4feba5ba538adf783056 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.83f4ba542c2a4feba5ba538adf783056 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23534184 23535571 |
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| DOI: | 10.5114/hpr.2021.109921 |
| Published in: | Health Psychology Report |
| Language: | English |