Insecure attachment and eating disorder symptoms: Intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation as mediators

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Clinical Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1002/jclp.23685

Ling Jin, Gabriel Zamudio, Chiachih DC Wang, Stacy Lin

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Abstract

Objective

Literature on eating disorder (ED) symptoms of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) group is extremely scarce. This study aimed to understand the mechanisms underlying the associations between insecure attachment and ED symptoms and examine whether these mechanisms differed between White and BIPOC groups.

Method

The study investigated direct and indirect relationship between attachment anxiety/avoidance and ED symptoms via intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and emotion regulation strategies of suppression and reappraisal. Further, we examined whether the proposed mechanisms equally represented White versus BIPOC using Multigroup Structural Equation Model (MG-SEM). A total of 1227 college students (48.50% BIPOC and 51.50% White) completed research questionnaires.

Results

Results showed that IU and suppression mediated the relations between insecure attachment and ED symptoms for both White and BIPOC groups. Uniquely, reappraisal mediated the relations between insecure attachment and ED symptoms for the White group, but not for the BIPOC group.

Discussion

The implications of the findings for culturally informed practice are discussed, including targeting increasing tolerability of uncertainties and improving emotion regulation to mitigate ED symptoms for those with insecure attachment.

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不安全依恋与饮食失调症状：对不确定性的不容忍和作为中介的情绪调节

目的有关黑人、土著人和有色人种（BIPOC）群体饮食失调（ED）症状的文献极少。本研究旨在了解不安全依恋与进食障碍症状之间的关联机制，并考察这些机制在白人群体和有色人种群体之间是否存在差异。研究方法本研究通过对不确定性的不容忍（IU）以及抑制和重新评价的情绪调节策略，考察了依恋焦虑/回避与进食障碍症状之间的直接和间接关系。此外，我们还使用多组结构方程模型（MG-SEM）检验了所提出的机制是否同样代表了白人与白种人。共有 1227 名大学生（48.50% 为 BIPOC，51.50% 为白人）完成了研究问卷。结果结果显示，在白人和 BIPOC 群体中，IU 和压抑在不安全依恋和 ED 症状之间起到了中介作用。讨论讨论了研究结果对文化实践的影响，包括提高对不确定性的容忍度和改善情绪调节，以减轻不安全依恋者的 ED 症状。

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Journal of Clinical Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

3.30%

发文量

177

期刊介绍： Founded in 1945, the Journal of Clinical Psychology is a peer-reviewed forum devoted to research, assessment, and practice. Published eight times a year, the Journal includes research studies; articles on contemporary professional issues, single case research; brief reports (including dissertations in brief); notes from the field; and news and notes. In addition to papers on psychopathology, psychodiagnostics, and the psychotherapeutic process, the journal welcomes articles focusing on psychotherapy effectiveness research, psychological assessment and treatment matching, clinical outcomes, clinical health psychology, and behavioral medicine.