ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2021
Anhedonia, positive affect dysregulation, and risk and maintenance of binge-eating disorder.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Link Between Anhedonia, Reward Dysfunction, and Eating Behavior Across Mental and Physical Health Conditions: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Effects of a School-Based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Intervention on Drive for Thinness and Body Esteem Among Late School-Age Girls.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The association between social support and depressive symptoms in rural older adults with cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a network analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Positive and Negative Affect and Eating Behavior Among Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Eating disorder symptom profiles and physical activity cognitions and motivations among emerging adults with physical activity intentions.Eating behaviors · 2026Article
- Integrating maintaining theories for addiction and binge-eating pathology: A review of affective and reward-based theories.Clinical psychology review · 2025Review
- Momentary Mediational Associations Among Affect, Emotion Dysregulation, and Different Types of Loss of Control Eating Among Adults With Binge Eating Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A simulation-based network analysis of intervention targets for comorbid symptoms of depression and anxiety in Chinese healthcare workers in the post-dynamic zero-COVID policy era.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Affective Trajectories of Binge Eating, Purging, and Exercise Among Sexual Minority Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Affect and disordered eating behaviours in women's daily lives: The comparative explanatory roles of distinct momentary emotion dysregulation dimensions.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- The role of anhedonia in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), alcohol use disorder symptoms, and food addiction symptoms in a sample of emerging adults with histories of heavy drinking.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Relationship of Genetic Polymorphisms and Microbial Composition with Binge Eating Disorder: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Daily Relationship Functioning and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Women in Same-Sex Relationships.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Greater anhedonia scores in healthy individuals are associated with less decline in 24-hour energy expenditure with fasting: Evidence for a link between behavioral traits and spendthrift phenotype.Physiology & behavior · 2023Article
- Emotion word use patterns and eating disorder symptoms: Considering the circumplex model of affect and basic emotions theory.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Positive affect dysregulation and its relation to binge eating size and frequency.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Low positive affect has been identified as an antecedent of binge-eating episodes among individuals with binge-eating disorder (BED), yet positive affect has received far less attention in eating disorders research than its counterpart, negative affect. In this article, we argue that the low levels of positive affect which occur with anhedonia (i.e., loss of interest or pleasure in activities) may contribute to the onset and maintenance of BED. We introduce a theoretical model in which anhedonia increases the risk for BED through its interrelationships with dysregulated eating and weight gain, and we describe potential direct (e.g., reward-related processes) as well as indirect (e.g., influences on depressive symptoms and physical activity) pathways by which anhedonia may lead to adverse eating- and weight-related outcomes. We also propose a momentary maintenance model in which low positive affect and positive affect dysregulation occurring with anhedonia maintain binge eating directly and indirectly through maladaptive health behaviors, such as decreased physical activity, less healthy eating, and fewer social interactions, which in turn maintain anhedonia. We draw upon outside literature to present evidence that aligns with the proposed risk and maintenance models and conclude by outlining avenues for future research-including methodological/measurement, theoretical, and clinical research directions.
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