Emotion Coupling and Regulation in Anorexia Nervosa

Abstract

The significance of these results was considered in the light of the new Schematic, Propositional, Analogical and Associative Representation Systems in eating disorders model.

Anorexia nervosa, emotional go/no‐go, and the distinct effect of testosterone

“…When viewing high calorie food, patients with AN report high levels of disgust that are correlated with increase amygdala activity, a finding which is consistent with qualitative data suggesting that patients manage the feeling of disgust specifically via food avoidance . Furthermore, disgust appears to couple with other negative emotions (e.g., anger) when primed with mood, suggesting that disgust may be a pervasive indicator of negative affect for women with AN . In line with research supportive of a mood‐congruent bias on behavioral impulsivity paradigms in depressed samples, we hypothesized greater disinhibition (no‐go errors) to disgust‐cues relative to happy and neutral‐cues, in patients with AN.…”

Emotion generation and regulation in anorexia nervosa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-report data

“…Pooled data from four studies indicate greater levels of worry, rumination and brooding reported by people with AN than by HCs [d = 1.44 (95% CI: 0.84, 2.03), p b 0.000]. This is supported by an additional studyshowing that people with AN report more attention concentration on emotion than HCs, by rumninating on it or punishing oneself for feeling it; alongside less use of functional concentration in thinking things through(Fox et al, 2013). 3.2.1.3.2.2.…”

“…"I'm a failure"), negative other-beliefs and maladaptive beliefs about experiencing or expressing emotion (e.g. "it is a sign of weakness to have miserable thoughts") are more prevalently reported by AN samples than by HCs (Cooper & Turner, 2000;Fox et al, 2013;Hambrook et al, 2011;Jänsch et al, 2009;Wildes, Ringham, & Marcus, 2010). Furthermore, fewer positive self-beliefs are reported by people with AN than HCs (Fox et al, 2013).…”

Visual Attention to Ambiguous Emotional Faces in Eating Disorders: Role of Alexithymia

“…Fox et al . () observed higher increase in perceived disgust after an anger induction in an AN cohort, compared with controls, along with exaggerated body size estimation. The authors proposed that anger might be channelled into bodily perceptions as ‘disgust towards oneself’ in AN.…”

“…Indeed, as mentioned earlier, some research suggests that anger‐induced arousal can trigger self‐disgust and exaggerated body size estimation in AN (Fox et al . , ; also see Harrison, Genders, Davies, Treasure, & Tchanturia, ). To speculate, attentional avoidance and diminished eye‐preference of ambiguous emotional faces in the ED group here may reflect a protective manoeuvre to circumvent uncomfortable, incontrollable negative feelings triggered by observing other people as angry or dismissive, perhaps especially if these emotions are not readily apparent (Harrison et al .…”