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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 4/2023

08-06-2023 | Original Article

Emotion Dysregulation in Patients with Eating Disorders: The Role of Metacognitions and Repetitive Negative Thinking

Auteurs: Sara Palmieri, Sandra Sassaroli, Giovanni Maria Ruggiero, Gabriele Caselli, Marcantonio M. Spada, Giovanni Mansueto

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 4/2023

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Abstract

Background

Using the Self-Regulatory Executive Function model as a basis, this study explored whether, in patients with eating disorders (EDs), metacognitions and repetitive negative thinking are associated with higher levels of emotion dysregulation.

Methods

104 outpatients with eating disorders and 104 controls from the general population were recruited. Emotion dysregulation, metacognitions, rumination, worry, anxiety, and depression were assessed. T-tests, Mann–Whitney tests, correlation and hierarchal regression analyses were run.

Results

Patients with EDs, compared to controls, reported significantly higher levels of emotion dysregulation, positive beliefs worry, negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollability and danger, beliefs about the need to control thoughts, rumination, and worry. Beliefs about the need to control thoughts and worry significantly predicted emotion dysregulation.

Conclusions

Among patients with EDs emotion dysregulation appears to be associated with the endorsement of beliefs about the need to control thoughts and worry. Beliefs about the need to control thoughts and worry could be a suitable therapeutic target to reduce emotion dysregulation among patients with EDs.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Emotion Dysregulation in Patients with Eating Disorders: The Role of Metacognitions and Repetitive Negative Thinking
Auteurs
Sara Palmieri
Sandra Sassaroli
Giovanni Maria Ruggiero
Gabriele Caselli
Marcantonio M. Spada
Giovanni Mansueto
Publicatiedatum
08-06-2023
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 4/2023
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10398-1

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