ArticlePsychology and psychotherapy2022
Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder outcome: Prediction, change and contribution of self-image.
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- Understanding experiences of psychedelic treatments for eating disorders: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.BMC medicine · 2026Review
- Emotional intelligence and loneliness in eating disorders: a cluster-analytic study across diagnostic categories.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The predictive value of emotion regulation difficulties and negative mood on short and long-term treatment outcomes in an online guided self-help programme for adults with binge-eating disorder.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Emotional Dysregulation in Anorexia Nervosa: Scoping Review of Psychological Treatments.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Stressful life events and resilience in individuals with and without a history of eating disorders: a latent class analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Brain Correlates of Eating Disorders in Response to Food Visual Stimuli: A Systematic Narrative Review of FMRI Studies.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Emotional regulation and body dissatisfaction: the mediating role of anger in young adult women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder outcome: Prediction, change and contribution of self-image.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesEating disorders (EDs) are severe disorders with unsatisfactory outcome. Emotion dysregulation and self-image are suggested maintenance factors; this study examined emotion dysregulation as potential predictor and/or mechanism of change in relation to ED outcome, and associations between change in emotion dysregulation and self-image in relation to outcome.
designRegistry data from initial and 1-year follow-up assessments for 307 patients with a wide range of EDs in specialized ED treatment were used.
methodsInitial and change (∆) in emotion dysregulation were examined as predictors of 1-year outcome. Direct and indirect associations between ∆emotion dysregulation and ∆self-image as either independent variable or mediator in relation to ∆ED psychopathology as dependent were also examined.
resultsHigher initial emotion dysregulation was weakly associated with higher follow-up ED psychopathology, but not remission, while relative increase in emotion dysregulation was associated with both higher follow-up psychopathology and increased risk of still having a diagnosis. Change in emotion dysregulation primarily had an indirect effect (through change in self-image), while change in self-image had a direct effect, on change in ED psychopathology improvement (such that improvement in one was associated with improvement in the other).
conclusionsResults identify emotion dysregulation as a potential mechanism of change in relation to ED outcome. However, this association was mainly mediated by change in self-image. Results indicate that, in order to improve emotion regulation as a means to reduce ED psychopathology, improving self-image is essential.
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