Cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation in eating disorder patients with comorbid generalized anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Research has found that difficulties in emotion regulation negatively impact mental health, whereas cognitive flexibility may promote stress resilience and positive mental health. Little is known about cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation in people with comorbid eating disorder (ED) and anxi...
| Publicado en: | Eating Disorders Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 666 - 681 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep/Oct2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=187749501&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 187749501 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10640266 C9I jtl: Eating Disorders issn: 10640266 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep/Oct2025 vid: 33 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 187749501 179731489 187749501 187749501 10.1080/10640266.2024.2405290 187749501 ppf: 666 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation in eating disorder patients with comorbid generalized anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms. aug: au: Thompson, Connor J. Martin-Wagar, Caitlin A. affil: Department of Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA sug: subj: Eating Disorders Therapy Cognitive Flexibility Emotional Regulation Comorbidity Generalized Anxiety Disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Human Outpatient Service Midwestern United States Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Body Mass Index Checklists Questionnaires Summated Rating Scaling Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software One-Way Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Chi Square Test Analysis of Covariance Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder Nonexperimental Studies Cross Sectional Studies Bivariate Statistics Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years ab: Research has found that difficulties in emotion regulation negatively impact mental health, whereas cognitive flexibility may promote stress resilience and positive mental health. Little is known about cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation in people with comorbid eating disorder (ED) and anxiety and stress disorders. A transdiagnostic ED population (N = 227) at an outpatient ED treatment facility completed several self-report instruments that measured cognitive flexibility, emotion regulation difficulties, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms upon admission. We investigated cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation differences for those with an ED without comorbidity and those with various combinations of comorbidity. In a one-way between-groups ANOVA, we investigated differences in cognitive flexibility for those with GAD, PTSD, neither, and both comorbidities. We found a statistically significant difference between these groups, with mean cognitive flexibility inventory scores being the lowest in the group with both comorbidities. However, when controlling for emotion regulation, a one-way between-groups ANCOVA indicated no significant differences in cognitive flexibility between comorbidity groups F(3, 222) = 1.20, p =.31 Partial η2 =.02. Though self-reported cognitive flexibility levels differ among ED patients with and without comorbidities, it appears that these differences are better explained by emotion regulation. Therefore, addressing emotion regulation early in treatment for all individuals with EDs, regardless of comorbidity, is recommended as a future research focus to enhance treatment outcomes. Further research is needed to understand the impact of treating emotion regulation on ED treatment engagement, dropout, and effectiveness. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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