Abstract
In this study, it was examined whether overweight is associated with food-related obsessions and compulsions. Participants with a healthy weight ( n = 27) and participants who were overweight ( n = 33) filled out the Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale, the Eating Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and the Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Intrusions Questionnaire to assess frequency, distress, control, and reactance associated with food-related preoccupations and compulsions. Overweight participants showed increased food-related preoccupations, compulsive eating, and heightened emotional and behavioral reactance compared to participants with a healthy weight. Increased food-related obsessive-compulsiveness was also associated with unhealthy eating patterns.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1145-1152 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 11 Jan 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- body mass index
- cognitive processing
- eating behavior
- obesity
- overweight
- ELABORATED INTRUSION THEORY
- NONCLINICAL POPULATION
- CRAVINGS
- THOUGHTS
- DISORDER
- OBESITY
- WEIGHT
- SIMILARITIES
- VALIDATION
- COMMUNITY
Datasets
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When food becomes an obsession
Houben, K. (Creator) & Jansen, A. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 5 Sept 2018
DOI: 10.34894/s98f15, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/S98F15
Dataset/Software: Dataset