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ArticleEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2025

Habitual behavioural control moderates the relation between daily perceived stress and purging.

Elizabeth N Dougherty, Angeline R Bottera, Matthew F Murray, Adaora Ekwonu, Jennifer E Wildes, Alissa A Haedt-Matt

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Article in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Elizabeth N DoughertyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Angeline R BotteraDepartment of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Matthew F MurrayDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8635-5077
Adaora EkwonuDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jennifer E WildesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alissa A Haedt-MattDepartment of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders ResearchT32MH082761 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CAROL B. PETERSON · 2009 to 2026
$6.2M
Academy for Eating DisordersAmerican Psychological AssociationNIMH NIH HHS T32 MH082761NIMH NIH HHS T32-MH082761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveEvidence suggests that interpersonal stress plays a role in maintaining binge eating and purging (e.g., self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives). Stress is especially likely to promote engagement in maladaptive behaviour if the behaviour is habitual; therefore, individuals whose binge eating and/or purging are habitual may be particularly likely to engage in these behaviours in the context of interpersonal stress. We aimed to investigate this hypothesis in a sample of women with binge eating and/or purging using ecological momentary assessment (EMA).

methodWomen (N = 81) with binge-eating and/or purging symptoms completed a self-report measure assessing habit strength of binge eating and purging followed by a 14-day EMA protocol assessing daily perceived interpersonal stress and binge-eating and purging episodes.

resultsHabit strength of purging moderated the within-person effect of interpersonal stress on purging frequency, such that higher daily stress was associated with greater same-day purging frequency when purging was more habitual. Contrary to expectations, the interactive effect of habit strength of binge eating and daily interpersonal stress on same-day binge-eating frequency was non-significant.

conclusionsFindings suggest that individuals with habitual purging may be vulnerable to engaging in purging when they are experiencing high levels of interpersonal stress.

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Ecological Momentary AssessmentStress, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultBinge-Eating DisorderBulimia NervosaFemaleHabitsHumansInterpersonal RelationsSelf ReportVomitingYoung Adultbinge eatinghabitinterpersonal stresspurging

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PMID38995266
PMCPMC11617803

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