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ArticleEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2025

Behaviourally assessed negative urgency is uniquely associated with binge-eating frequency.

Glen Forester, Joseph A Wonderlich, Angeline R Bottera, Elizabeth N Dougherty, Maya Day, Carolyn M Pearson, Carol B Peterson, Lisa M Anderson

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Glen ForesterCenter for Biobehavioral Research, Sanford Research, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1738-7163
Joseph A WonderlichCenter for Biobehavioral Research, Sanford Research, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2271-3410
Angeline R BotteraDepartment of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Elizabeth N DoughertyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Maya DayDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Carolyn M PearsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Carol B PetersonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Lisa M AndersonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5535-1498

Funding

Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders ResearchT32MH082761 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CAROL B. PETERSON · 2009 to 2026
$6.2M
Neural Bases of Disgust Conditioning in Anorexia NervosaK23MH123910 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ANDERSON, LISA M · 2020 to 2024
$821k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH123910NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH082761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveBinge eating appears to be associated with impulsivity, especially in response to negative affect (i.e., negative urgency). However, negative urgency is typically assessed via self-report, which captures only some aspects of urgency and may be subject to bias. Few studies have examined impulsivity following experimental manipulations of affect in binge-eating samples.

methodIn the present study, individuals who engage in regular binge eating completed a behavioural impulsivity (go/no-go) task with high- and low-calorie food stimuli, once following negative affect induction and once following neutral affect induction.

resultsGreater behavioural impulsivity to high-calorie food cues while in a negative (and not a neutral) affective state was associated with more frequent binge-eating behaviour. Further, this behavioural measure of negative urgency uniquely accounted for variance in binge-eating frequency when controlling for self-reported negative urgency, suggesting that behavioural measures may be a useful complement to self-report measures. DISCUSSION: These findings provide novel and compelling evidence for the relationship between negative urgency and binge eating, highlighting negative urgency as a potentially important target for intervention.

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BulimiaImpulsive BehaviorAdolescentAdultAffectFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleSelf ReportYoung Adultaffect inductionbinge eatingcue reactivityeating disordersgo/no‐goimpulsivityinhibitory controlnegative affectnegative urgency

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PMID38977861
PMCPMC11620958

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