Too stressed to self-regulate? Associations between stress, self-reported executive function, disinhibited eating, and BMI in women

Stress is associated with obesity. Executive Function (EF), a set of behavioral regulation capacities, may play a mediating role in this relation if lower EF increases disinhibited eating. Participants were 249 women who completed an online survey. We measured stress using Cohen's Perceived Str...

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2020-12, Vol.39, p.101417-101417, Article 101417
Main Authors: O'Neill, Jessica, Kamper-DeMarco, Kimberly, Chen, Xuewei, Orom, Heather
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BMI
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disinhibited eating
Eating
Executive Function
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Obesity
Self Report
Stress
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Summary:Stress is associated with obesity. Executive Function (EF), a set of behavioral regulation capacities, may play a mediating role in this relation if lower EF increases disinhibited eating. Participants were 249 women who completed an online survey. We measured stress using Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, EF using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), disinhibited eating using the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire, and self-reported BMI. We used path analysis on this cross-sectional sample of women to test our hypothesis that higher stress is associated with reduced EF, greater disinhibited eating, and higher BMI and tested the indirect effects from stress to disinhibited eating and from stress to BMI. Stress was related to lower EF (β = 0.53 p 
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101417