The effect of emotion regulation on emotional eating among undergraduate students in China : The chain mediating role of impulsivity and depressive symptoms

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This study aimed to examine the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and emotional eating and the role of impulsivity and depressive symptoms in mediating this chain. Four hundred ninety-four undergraduate students participated in the study. A self-designed questionnaire was used in the survey from February 6 to 13, 2022, to finish our purpose, including the Emotional Eating Scale (EES-R), Depression Scale (CES-D), Short Version of the Impulsivity Behavior Scale (UPPS-P) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The results showed that 1) difficulties in emotion regulation, impulsivity, depressive symptoms, and emotional eating were correlated; 2) impulsivity and depressive symptoms separately mediated the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and emotional eating; 3) impulsivity and depressive symptoms played a chain mediating role between difficulties in emotion regulation and emotional eating. The current study provided a better understanding of the psychologically related pathway of emotional eating. The results would be helpful for prevention and intervention of emotional eating among undergraduate students.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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PloS one - 18(2023), 6 vom: 15., Seite e0280701

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xinyi [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Longjiao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.06.2023

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0280701

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358207630