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Fear of COVID-19 Mediates the Relationship between Negative Emotional Reactivity and Emotional Eating

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posted on 2023-08-30, 19:50 authored by Mădălina E. Dominte, Viren Swami, Violeta Enea
Recent studies have highlighted high levels of emotional eating during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but have not satisfactorily explained these changing eating patterns. Here, we tested one potential explanatory model broadly based on a biosocial model of emotional eating. Specifically, we examined the extent to which negative emotional reactivity was associated with emotional eating, as well as the mediating role of fear of COVID-19. A total of 474 women from Romania were asked to complete measures of emotional eating, negative emotional reactivity, and fear of COVID-19. Mediation analysis showed that higher negative emotional reactivity was significantly and directly associated with greater emotional eating. This direct relationship was also mediated by fear of COVID-19. These results highlight one possible route through which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in elevated rates of emotional eating, though further research is needed.

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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

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1467-9450

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Wiley

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  • Accepted version

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  • eng

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2022-04-20

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2022-04-20

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COVID-19 Research Collection

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