“…For instance, distraction coping, which aims to divert attention by engaging in secondary behavioral or cognitive activities (Skinner et al, 2003), was associated with both same day and next day binge eating (Freeman & Gil, 2004). Avoidance coping (e.g., escape, disengagement, wishful thinking) (Skinner et al, 2003) has been proposed as a predictor of eating disorders (Aldao, Nolen-Hoeksema, & Schweizer, 2010) and has been reported in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN) in the U.S. and other countries (Bloks, Spinhoven, Callewaert, Willemse-Koning, & Turksma, 2001; Bloks, Van Furth, Callewaert, & Hoek, 2004; Brytek-Matera & Schiltz, 2013; Fitzsimmons & Bardone-Cone, 2010; Lobera, Estébanez, Fernández, Bautista, & Garrido, 2009; Nagata, Matsuyama, Kiriike, Iketani, & Oshima, 2000; Troop, Holbrey, & Treasure, 1998; Troop, Holbrey, Trowler, & Treasure, 1994), female college students in the U.S. (Dennard & Richards, 2013; Kelly, Lydecker, & Mazzeo, 2012; Wonderlich-Tierney & Vander Wal, 2010; Wolff, Crosby, Roberts, & Wittrock, 2000), and community samples of adolescents in Spain (García-Grau, Fusté, Miró, Saldaña, & Bados, 2002, 2004). …”