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ReviewNutrients2017

Emotion Regulation in Binge Eating Disorder: A Review.

Alexandra Dingemans, Unna Danner, Melissa Parks

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Review in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06864065 (Study of Emotional Regulation and Underlying Prefrontal Activity in Binge Eating Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 176 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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176citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
23.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06864065 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Study of Emotional Regulation and Underlying Prefrontal Activity in Binge Eating Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de BesanconRan2025 to 2026Enrolled80ConditionsBinge-Eating Disorder, Emotional Eating, Healthy VolunteersArmsEmotion regulation task (fNIRS recording during the emotional regulation task)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

176 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emotion-Related Treatments in Patients With Binge Eating Episodes-a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  2. Exploring Loneliness in Clinical and Sub-Clinical Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026
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  4. Body image, self-esteem, emotion regulation, and eating disorders in adults: a systematic review.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025
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  7. Food insecurity and binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexandra DingemansRivierduinen Eating Disorders Ursula, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands. a.dingemans@rivierduinen.nl.
Unna DannerAltrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, 3705 WE Zeist, The Netherlands. u.danner@altrecht.nl.
Melissa ParksRivierduinen Eating Disorders Ursula, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands. m.parks@rivierduinen.nl.
Altrecht GGZ · NLGGZ Rivierduinen · NLLeiden University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the present review is to provide a summary of the research findings on emotion regulation in Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Negative emotions and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies play a role in the onset and maintenance of binge eating in BED. Anger and sadness, along with negative emotions related to interpersonal experiences (i.e., disappointment, being hurt or loneliness), seem to be particularly relevant. Individuals with BED have a tendency to suppress and ruminate on their unwanted emotions, which leads to increased psychopathological thoughts and symptoms. Compared to healthy controls, they use adaptive strategies, such as reappraisal, less frequently. Evidence concerning the causal relation between negative affect and binge eating is inconclusive and still very limited. While experimental studies in a laboratory setting lack ecological validity, ecological momentary assessment studies offer more promise at unraveling the causal relationship between emotions and binge eating. Increases in negative affect are found to be antecedents of binge eating in BED. However, there seems to be less support for the possibility that binge eating serves as a means to alleviate negative affect. Finally, BED seems to be related to other forms of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as substance abuse and self-harm.

Indexed as

EmotionsBinge-Eating DisorderBulimiaEmpirical ResearchHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicangerBinge Eating Disorderemotionnegative moodregulationreviewsuppression

Identifiers

PMID29165348
PMCPMC5707746
OpenAlexW2770666937

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