SynthesisClinical psychology review2018
Rumination and eating disorder psychopathology: A meta-analysis.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chronotype and disordered eating indicators: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- Emotion Regulation and Aggression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aggressive behavior · 2026Pooled it
- 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 · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Emotion Regulation in Eating Disorders: A Network Meta-Analysis Approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Self-Esteem and Repetitive Negative Thinking as Mediators of the Association Between Bullying and Disordered Eating.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of maladaptive eating behavior among individuals with obesity and pain: exploring rumination.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Which machine learning algorithms are best at predicting eating disorder tendencies among nursing students in China?BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The interplay between ruminative thinking, stress and emotional eating.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics linked to persistent and emerging eating disorder risk trajectories in young people seeking mental health care.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Worry, Rumination, and Metacognitive Beliefs in Adolescents with Obesity Associated with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) vs. Age-Matched Adolescents with Essential Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Eating disorder symptoms and corresponding evidence-based treatments: a narrative review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Beliefs about negative emotions and emotional eating: the role of rumination and body mass index.Current issues in personality psychology · 2026Article
- The lifeworld of people who ruminate: a qualitative phenomenological study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The association between worry, rumination, and metacognitive beliefs in female adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A proposed model of the maintenance and exacerbation of body image and eating concerns in the context of problematic social network use.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Review
- Sex/gender-specific association between emotion regulation strategies and eating disorders symptoms: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- More than a symptom: qualitative exploration of embodied control and restlessness in compulsive movement in eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The relationship between disordered eating behaviours and narrative identity in university students: a novel narrative experience sampling methodology.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Investigating the longitudinal bi-directional relationship between self-reported restrictive eating behaviours and sleep in UK adolescents within the Millennium Cohort Study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation skills in the relationship between romantic relationship satisfaction and eating attitudes.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Rumination is a cognitive process involving repetitive thoughts about negative experiences and emotions and is associated with psychopathology. Rumination has been implicated in mood and anxiety disorders, and there is a growing body of research on rumination in relation to eating disorder (ED) psychopathology. The current meta-analytic review focused on the literature addressing rumination and ED psychopathology. A comprehensive search process identified 38 studies, which primarily used cross-sectional designs with non-clinical samples. Results demonstrated that rumination was concurrently (r = 0.33) and prospectively (r = 0.22-0.23) associated with ED psychopathology, and that groups with ED psychopathology evidenced higher levels of rumination compared to non-ED control groups (g = 0.95), though no significant differences in rumination were observed when comparing anorexia nervosa to bulimia nervosa groups (g = 0.09). In addition, a narrative review of five experimental studies suggested that rumination in response to ED-related stimuli was related to increased negative affect and negative body-related cognitions across clinical and non-clinical samples. The type of rumination and sample population emerged as moderators of effect sizes, such that larger effects were observed among samples using ED-specific measures of rumination and heterogeneous samples compared to only non-clinical samples. Taken together, this literature demonstrates that rumination is a salient process in ED psychopathology, though the literature is characterized by methodological limitations and the need for more fully elaborated theories on the role of rumination in EDs. Findings are discussed in the context of existing models of rumination and ED psychopathology, with suggestions for future research in this area.
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