Fear of COVID-19 mediates the relationship between negative emotional reactivity and emotional eating.
Scand J Psychol
; 63(5): 462-467, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1832252
ABSTRACT
Recent studies have highlighted high levels of emotional eating during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but have not satisfactorily explained these changing eating patterns. Here, we tested one potential explanatory model broadly based on a biosocial model of emotional eating. Specifically, we examined the extent to which negative emotional reactivity was associated with emotional eating, as well as the mediating role of fear of COVID-19. A total of 474 women from Romania were asked to complete measures of emotional eating, negative emotional reactivity, and fear of COVID-19. Mediation analysis showed that higher negative emotional reactivity was significantly and directly associated with greater emotional eating. This direct relationship was also mediated by fear of COVID-19. These results highlight one possible route through which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in elevated rates of emotional eating, though further research is needed.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Scand J Psychol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Sjop.12828
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