ArticleAppetite2020
Associations between specific components of executive control and eating behaviors in adolescence: A study using objective and subjective measures.
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- Loss of Control over Eating, Inhibitory Control, and Reward Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Examining Associations Between Preschool Executive Control and Adolescent Physical Activity, Day-to-Day Physical Activity Variability, and Sedentary Behavior.Journal of physical activity & health · 2026Article
- Blunted No-Go P3 predicts faster increases in disordered eating symptoms in early adolescents: A four-wave longitudinal study.Research square · 2026Article
- Evaluating bidirectional, longitudinal associations between adolescent executive control and eating behaviors.Appetite · 2026Article
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- Empirical validation of a developmental model for binge-eating disorder in adolescents: a structural equation modeling approach.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Preschool Executive Control, Temperament, and Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- A Comparison of Task-Based and Questionnaire Assessments of Executive Control Aspects in Relation to Adolescent Marijuana Initiation.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2023Article
- Neurobehavioral maturation of motor response inhibition in adolescence - A narrative review.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Review
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Abstract
A growing literature suggests that executive control (EC; also known as "executive functioning" or "EF") in adolescence may play an important role in the development of key health behaviors, including eating behaviors. However, existing literature has significant limitations in the conceptualization and measurement of EC. The current study aims to address these limitations by employing a multidimensional approach to conceptualizing and measuring adolescent EC, including both objective and subjective measures covering multiple components of EC, and examining links with specific eating behaviors. A community sample of adolescents (N = 208; mean age = 14.5 years) completed a battery of performance-based neuropsychological tasks assessing specific components of EC (i.e., working memory, inhibitory control, flexible shifting), a norm-referenced questionnaire covering problems with specific components of EC in daily life, and a measure assessing key eating behaviors (i.e., uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, cognitive restraint). Objectively-measured adolescent working memory was significantly and uniquely associated with cognitive restraint, with stronger working memory associated with less cognitive restraint. No other associations between performance-based EC tasks and eating behaviors were found. In contrast, using subjective reports of EC, problems with inhibitory control were associated with greater uncontrolled eating, and problems with flexible shifting were associated with greater emotional eating. The results suggest links between specific aspects of EC and specific eating behaviors in adolescence, as well as the potential importance of context for understanding the role of EC in eating behavior. Given evidence that EC is modifiable, the findings have potential implications for novel interventions addressing eating behaviors by targeting EC.
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