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: Received: 13 September 2023 / Approved: 14 September 2023 / Online: 14 September 2023 (03:03:43 CEST)
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Arbinaga, F.; Mendoza-Sierra, M.; Martínez-García, C.; Bernal-López, M.; Carrasco-Rodríguez, Y.; Moreno-San-Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Preprints2023, 2023090927. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0927.v1
Arbinaga, F.; Mendoza-Sierra, M.; Martínez-García, C.; Bernal-López, M.; Carrasco-Rodríguez, Y.; Moreno-San-Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Preprints 2023, 2023090927. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0927.v1
Arbinaga, F.; Mendoza-Sierra, M.; Martínez-García, C.; Bernal-López, M.; Carrasco-Rodríguez, Y.; Moreno-San-Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Preprints2023, 2023090927. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0927.v1
APA Style
Arbinaga, F., Mendoza-Sierra, M., Martínez-García, C., Bernal-López, M., Carrasco-Rodríguez, Y., & Moreno-San-Pedro, E. (2023). Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0927.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Arbinaga, F., Yojanán Carrasco-Rodríguez and Emilio Moreno-San-Pedro. 2023 "Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0927.v1
Abstract
The aim is to understand the relationship between psychological inflexibility, emotional eating, and the rate of healthy eating. A total of 705 Spanish adults participated (65.2% women); the mean age was 27.21 years (SD = 10.67). The instruments used were Acceptance and Action Ques-tionnaire, Eating and Appraisal Due to Emotions and Stress Questionnaire and the Healthy Eating Index for the Spanish population. The women showed significantly higher scores in psychological inflexibility than men (p < .001). No differences have been described in the Emotional Eating scale (p = .085) differences have been reported on the Self-efficacy in Emotion -and Stress-Related Eating subscale, where men do better at managing eating (p < .001). Females indicate better diet quality (p < .001). Those who show less psychological inflexibility obtain emotional eating scores indicative of less coping with emotions through food (p < .001). Groups formed according to psychological inflexibility do not differ in diet quality (p = .898). The importance of psychological inflexibility is due to its role and strong association with a variety of problems related to eating behavior, but especially because it is a construct that can be intervened upon and modified.
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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