Examining prospective mediational relationships between momentary rumination, negative affect, and binge eating using ecological momentary assessment.

Background: Rumination is linked to negative affect (NA), and there is accumulating support for an association between rumination and eating disorder (ED) behaviors. However, no research has examined the dynamic interrelationships between negative affect, rumination, and binge eating in naturalistic settings.

Methods: The present study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to assess the hypotheses that momentary rumination would mediate relationships between NA and binge eating, and momentary NA would mediate relationships between rumination and binge eating.

Past-Year Abuse and Eating Disorder Symptoms Among U.S. College Students.

Evidence consistently indicates associations between eating disorders (EDs) and childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, but the relationship between EDs and abuse occurring later in development has largely been unexplored. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine associations between past-year abuse and ED symptoms among college students. Participants represented 12 U.

Relationships Between Childhood Abuse and Eating Pathology Among Individuals with Binge-Eating Disorder: examining the Moderating Roles of Self-Discrepancy and Self-Directed Style.

Childhood maltreatment appears to increase the risk for eating disorders (EDs). The current study examined potential moderating factors (i.e.

Disparities in eating disorder risk and diagnosis among sexual minority college students: Findings from the national Healthy Minds Study.

Objective: To examine differences in eating disorder (ED) risk and diagnosis by sexual orientation in a national sample of college students.

Method: Data from 178 U.S.