ArticleClinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2014
Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels: Low Positive Emotion Differentiation and Weight Loss Activities in Anorexia Nervosa.
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Abstract
Positive emotion (PE) has not been well studied in anorexia nervosa. Low positive emotion differentiation (PED), which involves a diminished ability to distinguish between discrete positive emotions, may contribute to positive emotion dysregulation in anorexia. Specifically, low PED may interact with elevated PE intensity to both motivate and reinforce weight loss and evaluation behaviors. Using ecological momentary assessment, we examined PE and weight loss behaviors reported over two weeks. As hypothesized, low PED predicted more vomiting, laxative-use, exercising, weighing, checking for fat, and restricting. Furthermore, those with low PED who experienced elevated average PE intensity reported even more frequent behaviors. Within-person analyses indicated that, for those with low PED, more weight loss behaviors at one recording predicted elevated PE at the subsequent recording. Similarly, for those with low PED higher momentary PE predicted more subsequent weight loss behaviors. Thus, low PED in anorexia may reinforce and motivate weight loss behavior.
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