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ArticleScandinavian journal of psychology2022

Fear of COVID-19 mediates the relationship between negative emotional reactivity and emotional eating.

Mădălina Elena Dominte, Viren Swami, Violeta Enea

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Article in Scandinavian journal of psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Mădălina Elena DominteDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iaşi, Romania.
Viren SwamiSchool of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Violeta EneaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iaşi, Romania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3789-2017
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University · ROPerdana University · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted high levels of emotional eating during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but have not satisfactorily explained these changing eating patterns. Here, we tested one potential explanatory model broadly based on a biosocial model of emotional eating. Specifically, we examined the extent to which negative emotional reactivity was associated with emotional eating, as well as the mediating role of fear of COVID-19. A total of 474 women from Romania were asked to complete measures of emotional eating, negative emotional reactivity, and fear of COVID-19. Mediation analysis showed that higher negative emotional reactivity was significantly and directly associated with greater emotional eating. This direct relationship was also mediated by fear of COVID-19. These results highlight one possible route through which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in elevated rates of emotional eating, though further research is needed.

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COVID-19EmotionsFearFemaleHumansPandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesanxietyCOVID-19eating behaviorEmotional eatingemotional reactivity

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PMID35526105
PMCPMC9347635
OpenAlexW4229331717

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