Abstract
Eating is an inherently emotional activity and the attachment system is an emotion regulation system. Individuals with attachment insecurity have less interoceptive awareness and difficulty regulating emotion. Insecurely attached individuals may eat emotionally because they misinterpret internal hunger cues, (i.e. think they are hungry when they are experiencing some other internal, attachment-related state). The current study found a positive association between attachment anxiety and emotional eating. This relationship was mediated by perceived hunger.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 374-377 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Eating Behaviors |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
Keywords
- Attachment anxiety
- Attachment theory
- Eating
- Emotion regulation
- Emotional eating
- Perceived hunger
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