Download or read book The Differential Associations of Shame and Guilt with Eating Disorder Behaviors written by Angeline R. Bottera and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Momentary mood states impact behavior, such that mood is linked to the initiation, maintenance, and intensity of behavior (Gendolla, 2000). Negative affect, in particular, is associated with eating psychopathology, increasing in the hours prior to and decreasing in the hours following binge eating (e.g., Berg et al., 2015, De Young et al., 2013). Escape theory, as applied to binge eating, posits that binge eating is motivated by a desire to alleviate experiences of aversive self-awareness by facilitating the process of cognitive narrowing (Heatherton & Baumeister, 1991; Blackburn, Johnston, Blampied, Popp, & Kallen, 2006). This theory may be particularly well suited for explaining how complex emotions, such as guilt and shame, serve to maintain eating disorder behaviors. Research is lacking within the field of eating disorders for distinguishing these two emotions. The current study aimed to distinguish shame and guilt as they relate to binge eating and purging. It was hypothesized that (1) shame will be positively associated with binge eating, (2) guilt will be positively associated with binge eating when accompanied by social anxiety, and (3) guilt will be positively associated with purging among individuals who binge eat. Undergraduates (N = 347) from the University of Wyoming completed self-report measures including indices of guilt- and shame-proneness, eating disorder attitudes and behaviors, social anxiety, state-level guilt and shame, and momentary urges to engage in eating disorder behaviors. Results demonstrate support for the first hypothesis at both trait- and state-levels, indicating that shame may be uniquely associated with binge eating; however, guilt was not found to be uniquely associated with binge eating. Hypotheses two and three were not supported. Results indicate a difference between shame and guilt as they relate to eating disorder behaviors. Future directions are discussed.