Dieting and Disinhibited Eating Patterns in Adult Women with Normal Body Weight: Does Rumination Matter?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Disinhibited Eating Patterns
1.2. Repetitive Negative Thinking (Rumination)
1.3. Objective of the Current Study
2. Materials
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. The Eating Attitudes Test
2.3.2. The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18
2.3.3. The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire
3. Results
3.1. Statistical Analysis
3.2. Correlations between Study Variables
3.3. Mediation Analysis for Relationship between Dieting, Rumination and Disinhibited Eating Patterns in Women with Normal Body Weight
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Core characteristics of RNT | - | |||||
2. Unproductiveness of RNT | 0.75 *** | - | ||||
3. Capturing mental capacity | 0.79 *** | 0.84 *** | - | |||
4. Dieting | 0.18 * | 0.21 ** | 0.27 *** | - | ||
5. Uncontrolled eating | 0.30 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.41 *** | - | |
6. Emotional eating | 0.31 *** | 0.33 *** | 0.37 *** | 0.33 *** | 0.61 *** | - |
Uncontrolled Eating | Emotional Eating | |||
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Direct Effect | Indirect Effect | Direct Effect | Indirect Effect | |
Core characteristics of RNT | Effect = 0.83 | Effect = 0.09 | Effect = 0.31 | Effect = 0.05 |
SE = 0.14 | BootSE = 0.05 | SE = 0.07 | BootSE = 0.02 | |
95% CI [0.54, 1.13] | 95% CI [0.01, 0.21] | 95% CI [0.16, 0.45] | 95% CI [0.00, 0.11] | |
Unproductiveness of RNT | Effect = 0.81 | Effect = 0.12 | Effect = 0.30 | Effect = 0.06 |
SE= 0.14 | BootSE = 0.05 | SE = 0.07 | BootSE = 0.02 | |
95% CI [0.52, 1.10] | 95% CI [0.02, 0.24] | 95% CI [0.15, 0.44] | 95% CI [0.01, 0.12] | |
Capturing mental capacity | Effect = 0.79 | Effect = 0.02 | Effect = 0.27 | Effect = 0.08 |
SE = 0.15 | BootSE = 0.02 | SE = 0.07 | BootSE = 0.02 | |
95% CI [0.49, 1.09] | 95% CI [0.05, 0.26] | 95% CI [0.13, 0.42] | 95% CI [0.03, 0.15] |
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Waliłko, J.; Bronowicka, P.; He, J.; Brytek-Matera, A. Dieting and Disinhibited Eating Patterns in Adult Women with Normal Body Weight: Does Rumination Matter? Nutrients 2021, 13, 2475. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072475
Waliłko J, Bronowicka P, He J, Brytek-Matera A. Dieting and Disinhibited Eating Patterns in Adult Women with Normal Body Weight: Does Rumination Matter? Nutrients. 2021; 13(7):2475. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072475
Chicago/Turabian StyleWaliłko, Justyna, Paulina Bronowicka, Jinbo He, and Anna Brytek-Matera. 2021. "Dieting and Disinhibited Eating Patterns in Adult Women with Normal Body Weight: Does Rumination Matter?" Nutrients 13, no. 7: 2475. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072475