RT journal article
T1 The Role of Negative Affect in Emotional Processing of Food-Related Images in Eating Disorders and Obesity
A1 Sierra, Irene
A1 Senín Calderón, María Cristina
A1 Roncero, María
A1 Perpiñá, Conxa
A2 Psicología
K1 eating disorders
K1 obesity
K1 emotional processing
K1 food-related images
K1 negative affect
AB The aim of the present study was to analyze differences in the emotional processing (valence, arousal, and dominance) of food-related information in patients with eating disorders (ED), patients with obesity, and healthy women. Moreover, the mediator role of negative affect and the moderating role of the diagnostic group (ED vs. non-ED) were analyzed. Method: The sample consisted of 94 women (39 with eating disorders, 19 with obesity, and 36 healthy participants). Measures: International Affective Picture System (IAPS) food picture exposure task; Self-Assessment Manikin Analog-Visual Scale (SAM) appraising Arousal, Valence, and Dominance; Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26); Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Results: Patients with purging symptomatology rated food images as more unpleasant than healthy women. Patients with purging and restrictive eating symptomatology showed higher levels of arousal and less dominance over the emotions experienced, compared to patients with obesity and healthy women. The mediation analysis showed that negative affect mediated the relationship between eating symptomatology (EAT-26) and the Valence of food images, as well as the control over the emotions experienced when viewing food images (Dominance). For the moderation analysis participants were regrouped into two groups (ED patients vs. non-ED patients). The direct relationship between eating symptomatology and food image valence was moderated by the diagnostic group. However, the group did not moderate the direct relationship between the EAT-26 and dominance over experienced emotions, or the indirect effect on eating symptomatology through negative affect. These results show the relevance of negative affect in the emotional processing of food-related information, and they support an eating disorder-disordered eating dimensional perspective.
PB FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
SN 1664-1078
YR 2021
FD 2021-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25812
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25812
LA eng
NO This study was supported by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) through the research project (PSI2014-51920-R).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026