Fear- and disgust-related covariation bias and eating disorders symptoms in healthy young women

Mayer, Birgit; Muris, Peter; Wilschut, Maaike

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.09.002

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“…All biases seemed to be more (clearly) present in girls. Different from our previous covariation bias study (Mayer et al, 2011), no indications were found for the emotion of fear playing a more significant role in this respect than the emotion of disgust. Finally, the results support the idea that cognitive distortions such as covariation biases are already present in adolescents, probably making them more vulnerable for the development of psychological disorders.…”

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“…A priori covariation bias was measured by means of a thought experiment (Mayer et al, 2011). Participants were asked to imagine that they were participating in a scientific experiment.…”

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“…With this in mind, our previous study on covariation bias in relation to eating pathology explored contingencies between eating disorder-relevant stimuli and fear-as well as disgust-related outcomes (Mayer, Muris, & Wilschut, 2011). Non-clinical females had to perform two types of covariation bias tasks.…”

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Covariation bias for food-related control is associated with eating disorders symptoms in normal adolescents

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Freher

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Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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“…A priori covariation bias was measured by means of a thought experiment (Mayer et al, 2011). Participants were asked to imagine that they were participating in a scientific experiment.…”

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Covariation bias for food-related control is associated with eating disorders symptoms in normal adolescents

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Freher

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Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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“…In support of this, an accumulating literature does suggest an association between avoidance regulation and dysfunctional eating attitudes and behaviour (e.g. Bellew, Gilbert, Mills, McEwan, & Gale, ; Mayer, Muris, & Wilschut, ; Mussap, ; Woud et al, ) Furthermore, with regard to availability, women with eating pathology appear to have a tendency to focus on detail (Lopez, Tchanturia, Stahl, & Treasure, ). It may be, therefore, that this preoccupation is manifested as a highly available unattractive overweight possible self.…”

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The motivation to diet in young women: Fear is stronger than hope

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2011

Euro J Social Psych

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This research examined the relative impact of a hoped-for, thin body and a feared, overweight body on weight-loss dieting (WLD) motivation. We hypothesised that the women most motivated to engage in WLD would report a higher similarity to, and a higher cognitive availability of, a feared, overweight body. In study 1, WLD motivation was operationalized as WLD intention and in study 2 as a food choice (chocolate bar versus low-fat snack bar). As expected, those most similar to the feared body and who had a highly available overweight body had the greatest intention to engage in WLD, and were more likely to choose a lowfat snack over a chocolate bar. The implications of our findings for future research as well as the development of eating pathology in college women are discussed.

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“…In addition, investigators compared self-report items assessing emotion-specific heart rate reaction, facial expression, cognitions, and behavioral urges, yielding results that indicated participants reported similar levels of fear and disgust in response to high fat foods and overweight bodies. In contrast, investigations FEAR, DISGUST, AND DISORDERED EATING 5 testing relations between disgust responses to ED-irrelevant stimuli and measures of eating pathology have yielded little to no evidence of significant associations between disorder-irrelevant disgust and eating pathology (e.g., Mayer, Muris, Bos, & Suijkerbuijk, 2008; Mayer, Muris, & Wilschut, 2011). Altogether, findings indicate that disgust may play a role in eating pathology when elicited by stimuli with theoretically aversive associations such as high calorie foods with potential links to unwanted outcomes such as weight gain or aversive interoceptive sensations (e.g., bloating, feelings of fullness).…”

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Associations among fear, disgust, and eating pathology in undergraduate men and women

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Fear and disgust are distinct emotions that have been independently linked with EDs and may motivate avoidance behaviors that may be relevant targets for ED interventions (e.g., food rejection). Despite similar motivational function, it is possible that one emotion is more strongly associated with ED symptoms, relative to the other. Given that emerging evidence suggests that disgust-based behavior may be more difficult to change than fear-based behaviors, research is needed to evaluate whether each emotion differentially relates to ED symptoms. Therefore, the current study tested the relative importance of fear and disgust in accounting for variance in ED symptoms. Participants included undergraduate men (n = 127) and women (n = 263) from a university in the northeast US. Participants completed self-report measures assessing demographics, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, and visual analog scales assessing fear and disgust responses to high-calorie food images, low-calorie food images, and non-food fear and disgust images. Bivariate correlations revealed significant positive associations among fear, disgust, and EDE-Q global symptom scores. Relative weights analysis results yielded relative importance weights that suggested disgust responding to high calorie food images accounts for the greatest total variance in EDE-Q global symptom scores in men, and fear responding to high calorie food images accounts for the greatest total variance in EDE-Q scores in women. Findings provide initial evidence that investigative and clinical efforts should consider fear and disgust as unique facets of negative affect with different patterns of relative importance to ED symptoms in undergraduate men and women.

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Fear- and disgust-related covariation bias and eating disorders symptoms in healthy young women

Cited by 10 publications

References 42 publications

Covariation bias for food-related control is associated with eating disorders symptoms in normal adolescents

Covariation bias for food-related control is associated with eating disorders symptoms in normal adolescents

The motivation to diet in young women: Fear is stronger than hope

Associations among fear, disgust, and eating pathology in undergraduate men and women

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