The effects of negative emotions on binge eating among bulimics: Comparisons among anger, anxiety, and depression

(2009). The effects of negative emotions on binge eating among bulimics: Comparisons among anger, anxiety, and depression. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 14(2), 419-432, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2009.14.2.012

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Abstract

The goal of this study was to investigate the influences of overall and specific negative emotions affecting eating behaviors, especially, binge eating. This study first examined the influence of each specific negative emotion (anxiety, anger, and depression) on binge eating of bulimics through self-report questionnaires, and then conducted a laboratory experiment in order to clarify a causal relationship between binge eating and anxiety. With 357 results of BULIT-R, K-EAT, DEBQ, and EES tests, this study first showed that negative emotions had significant correlations with binge eating. Moreover, it also demonstrated that anxiety was the most influential negative emotion that affected eating behaviors by bulimic and normal eaters. The laboratory experiments were conducted with 52 participants in order to examine a causal relationship between anxiety and binge eating. The result indicated that bulimic eaters eat more when they are irritated or worried, but normal eaters eat less in the same situation.

keywords: negative emotion, anxiety, anger, depression, eating behavior, binge eating, negative emotion, anxiety, anger, depression, eating behavior, binge eating, 부적 정서, 불안, 분노, 우울, 섭식행동, 폭식행동

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The effects of negative emotions on binge eating among bulimics: Comparisons among anger, anxiety, and depression

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