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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021

Cognitive and emotional regulation in adolescents and young women with eating disorders.

Chiara Malagoli, Pier Fabrizio Cerro, Caterina Vecchiato, Maria Carmen Usai

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Emotional Regulation and Risk of Eating Disorders in Adolescent Athletes.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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  4. Normative reference interval for youths on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara MalagoliDepartment of Education, University of Genoa, C.so Andrea Podestà 2, 16128, Genoa, Italy. chiara.malagoli@edu.unige.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6872-2315
Pier Fabrizio CerroRegional Centre for Eating Disorders and Adolescence, Centro Regionale per i disturbi del comportamento alimentare e dell'adolescenza, Cdaa Asl 2, Via XXV Aprile 128 - Ospedale S. Corona (Pad. Racamier), Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
Caterina VecchiatoRegional Centre for Eating Disorders and Adolescence, Centro Regionale per i disturbi del comportamento alimentare e dell'adolescenza, Cdaa Asl 2, Via XXV Aprile 128 - Ospedale S. Corona (Pad. Racamier), Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
Maria Carmen UsaiDepartment of Education, University of Genoa, C.so Andrea Podestà 2, 16128, Genoa, Italy.
Ospedale Santa Corona · ITUniversity of Genoa · IT

Funding

Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere Research fellowshipUniversità degli Studi Di Genova/ University of Genoa doctoral grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEating disorders (EDs) are associated with a reduced ability to regulate emotion and impulses during the life span. Working memory and executive functions (EFs) are cognitive regulatory systems supported by networks involving the pre-frontal cortex. Studies in EDs found impaired functioning in these domains, showing an association between EDs and the reduced ability to control emotions and impulses.

objectiveTo investigate EF in adolescents and young women with eating disorders (ED) using a quasi-experimental design, focusing on cognitive efficiency, emotional regulation (ER) and behavioural outcomes also taking into account pharmacological treatment and duration of illness.

methodsA sample of 151 females belonging to two groups took part in this study. Twenty-six girls and young women (M

resultsParticipants with ED and controls did not show significant differences in EF tasks, whereas differences between younger and older participants with ED emerged. Moreover, ER difficulties seem to be associated with mainly internalizing problems in EDs. Further analysis on the full ED sample did not reveal any significant differences associated with the disorder persistence. Considering pharmacological treatment effects over cognitive, emotional and behavioural measures emerged.

conclusionsThe present study documented no specific differences in EF between control and participants with EDs, whereas important differences emerged in ER and behavioural outcomes perception in the clinical sample, together with a partial influence of pharmacological treatment. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: No level of evidence.

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Emotional RegulationFeeding and Eating DisordersAdolescentAdultCognitionEmotionsExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansYoung AdultAdolescenceBehavioural outcomesCognitive processesEating disordersEmotional regulation

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PMID32048237
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