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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Binge Eating"”.
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Binge Eating in Ethnically Diverse Obese Adolescents
… adolescents indicate that a subset engage in binge eating behaviors. This study investigated the prevalence and severity of binge eating behaviors among 86 primarily African American 11 to 17 year old adolescents seeking outpatient treatment for obesity. This study also examined the …
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The Role Of Expectancies In Binge Eating Behavior
… study was to examine the role of expectancies in binge eating behavior. Two distinct statistical techniques were used to accomplish this goal. First, regression analyses were conducted using variables previously identified in the literature, as well as eating expectancies as measured by the Eating …
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Metacognitions, metacognitive processes and metacognitive control strategies in people with obesity and binge eating and people with obesity without binge eating
Background Binge eating is often co-morbid with obesity. There is no widely accepted theoretical model for binge eating, this has treatment implications. Research has highlighted the role of metacognitions in psychopathology, including eating disorders. However, metacognitions in obesity and binge …
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Improving binge eating disorder screening in primary care settings
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a condition associated with significant emotional distress. It is characterized by episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food where the individual experiences a loss of control. These episodes are accompanied by negative emotions such as shame or guilt. BED is …
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Emotional intelligence in binge eating disorder among the obese population
… differences between obese individuals with a Binge Eating Disorder (BED-O) and obese individuals without a Binge Eating Disorder (Non-BED-O). The first focus was on investigating whether these two groups of participants have differing levels of (a) the global Emotional Intelligence (EI) trait …
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Evaluation of a Functional Treatment for Binge Eating Associated with Bulimia Nervosa
Binge-eating disorders are a common problem affecting up to 5 percent of the American population in any given 6-month period. Currently, the most widely accepted treatment is some variation of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Although there is an abundance of research showing positive effects, the …
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A Daily Diary Investigation of Discrimination and Binge Eating Among Lesbian Women
… suggests that heterosexism is associated with binge eating among lesbian women. However, the relationship between discrimination and binge eating has received limited empirical examination. This study examined associations between sexism and heterosexism, negative affect, and binge eating using …
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An Examination of Factors that Contribute to Binge Eating among Bariatric Patients
Binge eating is the most common eating disorder among individuals presenting for bariatric surgery. The majority of patients with pre-surgical binge eating experience a short-term reduction in binge eating symptoms following surgery. However, binge eating symptoms can re-emerge. This quantitative …
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Neurobiological and metabolic mechanisms of binge-eating in anorexia and bulimia nervosa
Binge-eating is characterised by the recurrent consumption of large amounts of food, which co-occurs with a subjective loss of control over intake. This transdiagnostic syndrome results in significant distress, functional impairment and comorbidity. However, precise characterisation of the …
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Coping, daily hassles, and perfectionism: chronicity in binge eating in female university students
Binge eating is an eating disorder that is chronic and has a high relapse rate. The literature suggests a need to separately examine variables that maintain the disorder and variables that initiate this disorder. This study examined the relationship between problem-focused coping, emotion-focused …
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Exploring men's experiences and understanding of binge eating disorder : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) appears to have a fairly equal prevalence in men and women. However, men with BED have been overlooked in research as studies have mainly focused on women. As a result, there appears to be a limited understanding of men’s experiences and treatment needs of BED, including …
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Discounting of Delayed and Probabilistic Rewards by Women with and without Binge Eating Disorder
Obese individuals with binge eating disorder: BED) exhibit more general and eating-disordered psychopathology than obese individuals without BED. Binge eating also impedes weight-loss efforts, already difficult in an obese population. A better basic understanding of binge eating and obesity is …
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Perceptions of Childhood Abuse and Life Stress: Contributors to Increase in Binge Eating Behavior
… in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. However, these studies made no mentioned efforts to validate their self-report data, and thus failed to separate the effects of actuality versus perception of childhood abuse. Thus, the current study examined how perceptions of …
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The correlation of compulsive buying and binge eating behaviors in female undergraduate college students
… existing at the same time) was found between Binge Eating Disorder and compulsive buying behaviors in a clinical sample. Faber et al. explored whether a subset of impulse control disorders could be called "compulsive consumption" disorders. Participants in this study, 51 undergraduate, female …
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The relationship of interpersonal sensitivity, identity impairment, and binge eating disorder among college women
… and interpersonal sensitivity (IPS) with binge eating disorder (BED). A convenience sample of 295 female undergraduate psychology students from a large Midwestern university was recruited to complete an online survey. Three primary hypotheses were tested: (1) IPS (high fear of negative …
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The Efficacy of Overeaters Anonymous in Fostering Abstinence in Binge-Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa
… the variables associated with abstinence from binge-eating disorder and Bulimia Nervosa in the twelve-step recovery program of Overeaters Anonymous. The data were gathered through the completion of a survey by 231 active members of Overeaters Anonymous in the Washington metropolitan area. In …
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Possibile ruolo del sistema endocannabinoide nel disturbo d’alimentazione incontrollata (binge eating disorder): studi comportamentali, farmacologici e biochimici
… Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of uncontrolled and excessive food consumption (binge eating), in a short period of time, without the inappropriate compensatory behaviors for limiting weight …
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Femininity, Feminine Gender Role Stress, Body Dissatisfaction, and their Relationships to Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder
… associations between femininity, body image and eating disorders are intricate. How these constructs are linked to each other still needs to be determined. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of these links, examining the mediational relationship among these constructs. …
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