title: Differential caloric intake in overweight females with and without binge eating: effects of a laboratory-based emotion-regulation training.
abstract: Negative emotions are among the best predictors for the occurrence of binge eating attacks in binge eating disorder (BED). Evidence from self-report and experimental studies suggests that this link may be mediated by deficits in emotion regulation (ER). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to experimentally test the effects of a short laboratory-based ER training on caloric intake in BED. Thirty-nine women with BED and 42 overweight females without BED were randomly assigned to a laboratory-based ER training focusing on either expressive suppression or cognitive reappraisal. They were then given a negative mood induction with the instruction to adopt the learned ER strategy, which was followed by a bogus taste-test. Independent of group membership, caloric intake was significantly higher in the suppression compared to the reappraisal condition. Furthermore, the BED group displayed significantly higher habitual suppression and significantly lower habitual reappraisal scores than the overweight group. The data suggest that therapeutic interventions focusing on the mediation of more adaptive affect-regulation skills may be useful for the reduction of binge eating episodes.
authors.affiliation: University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany. Electronic address: jennifer.svaldi@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Svaldi
authors.affiliation: University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tuschen-Caffier
authors.affiliation: University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trentowska
authors.affiliation: University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caffier
authors.affiliation: University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naumann
mesh_terms: D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D004644:Emotions; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Binge eating; Bogus taste-test; Emotion regulation training; Food consumption; Reappraisal; Suppression