ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
Binge eating attitudes in community adolescent sample and relationships with interview-assessed attachment representations in girls: a multi-center study from North Italy.
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- Understanding vulnerabilities and resilience in binge eating disorder among female population and transgender individuals across the lifespan: a narrative review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Review
- Mentalization and Emotion Regulation in Adolescent Attachment: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Exploring the relationship between peer attachment, and disordered eating behaviours and body dissatisfaction in adolescence: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- How are the youth? A brief-longitudinal study on symptoms, alexithymia and expressive suppression among Italian adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2022Article
- Anxiety in Attachment and Sexual Relationships in Adolescence: A Moderated Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Responding to Distress Choosing Between Care and Food: Attachment Orientation and Emotion Regulation.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Mediational Effect of Fairburn's Transdiagnostic Mechanisms Between Attachment to the Mother and Eating Disorder Symptoms in a Clinical Sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare community girls at risk and not at risk for binge eating (BE) in attachment representations through a narrative interview and to test the predictive role of attachment pattern(s) on the risk of binge eating among community girls.
methodsFrom 772 community adolescents of both sexes (33% boys) screened through the Binge Eating Scale (BES), 112 girls between 14 and 18 years, 56 placed in a group at risk for binge eating (BEG), and 56 matched peers, not at risk (NBEG), were assessed in attachment representations through the Friends and Family Interview (FFI).
results(1) Compared to NBEG, girls in the BEG showed more insecure-preoccupied classifications and scores, together with lower narrative coherence, mother's representation as a secure base/safe haven, reflective functioning, adaptive response, and more anger toward mother. (2) Both insecure-dismissing and preoccupied patterns predicted 15% more binge-eating symptoms in the whole sample of community girls.
conclusionsInsecure attachment representations are confirmed risk factors for more binge eating, affecting emotional regulation and leading to "emotional eating", thus a dimensional assessment of attachment could be helpful for prevention and intervention. Implications and limits are discussed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III. Evidence obtained from cohort or case-control analytic studies.
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