Targeting acceptance in the management of food craving: The mediating roles of eating styles and thought suppression

Food craving is now widely considered to be a cognitively motivated state. Acceptance-based treatments are effective in reducing the adverse impact of food cravings on consumption, via a hypothesized decrease in experiential avoidance. The mechanisms that drive the success of acceptance-based manage...

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2018-04, Vol.29, p.132-136
Main Authors: Coffino, Jaime A., Heiss, Sydney, Hormes, Julia M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Craving
Eating styles
Emotional eating
External eating
Restraint
Thought suppression
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Summary:Food craving is now widely considered to be a cognitively motivated state. Acceptance-based treatments are effective in reducing the adverse impact of food cravings on consumption, via a hypothesized decrease in experiential avoidance. The mechanisms that drive the success of acceptance-based management of craving remain to be empirically tested. This study examined the role of eating styles and thought suppression as mediators in the relationship between experiential avoidance and craving. Participants (n = 298, 51.5% female) completed the Food Craving Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ), the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI; a measure of thought suppression), and the reduced version of the Food Craving Questionnaire- Trait (FCQ-T-r). Scores on the FAAQ were inversely associated with scores on the FCQ-T-r, DEBQ, and WBSI; FCQ-T-r scores were positively correlated with scores on the DEBQ and WBSI (all p 
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.04.002