ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Eating expectancies and reinforcement learning: a state-based test of affect regulation and expectancy models in the natural environment.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Profiling decision-making mechanisms in binge eating disorder.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Men and women who seek treatment for binge-spectrum eating disorders have similar baseline characteristics.Appetite · 2026Article
- Applying Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to Understand Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Emotional Eating and Obesity: An Update and New Insights.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Integrating maintaining theories for addiction and binge-eating pathology: A review of affective and reward-based theories.Clinical psychology review · 2025Review
- Integrating aspects of affect, reward, and cognition to develop more comprehensive models of binge-eating pathology.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- Review of Changes in the Reinforcing Effects of Alcohol in Weight Loss Surgery Patients.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Reward Learning Through the Lens of RDoC: a Review of Theory, Assessment, and Empirical Findings in the Eating Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeAffect regulation and expectancy-based models suggest that improvement in affect following binge-eating (BE) episodes contributes to increased eating expectancies, which then promote BE maintenance.
methodsThe current pilot study utilized ecological momentary assessment to examine the prospective independent and interactive effects of eating reinforcement experiences [operationalized as reductions in negative affect (NA) following BE episodes] and eating expectancies on subsequent BE behavior among 17 women with recurrent BE.
resultsGreater reductions in momentary NA following a BE episode (i.e., greater reinforcement) predicted higher levels of eating expectancies on the following day. Further, current eating expectancies interacted with proximal reinforcement history to predict future BE episodes. Participants were more likely to report BE episodes on days that were characterized by higher eating expectancies and preceded immediately by a day during which they experienced greater reinforcement from BE.
conclusionThese preliminary results are consistent with affect regulation and expectancy-based models of BE, suggesting a dynamic and potentially modifiable process of reward-based learning associated with BE behavior. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, multiple time series.
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