entail an individual to control both of his/her emotions and thoughts, yet, to our knowledge, a scarcity of research has examined their potential role in drunkorexia as cognitive and emotional predictors. The following study investigates the different associations between two emotion regulation strategies (i.e. emotional suppression and cognitive reappraisal) and drunkorexia behaviors in a sample of Lebanese adults, exploring the possible indirect effects of positive and negative alcohol-related metacognitions. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 335 participants (March-July 2021). Results: Higher problematic alcohol use (beta = 5.56), higher physical activity index (beta = 0.08), higher expressive suppression (beta = 0.23), higher negative metacognitive beliefs about cognitive harm due to drinking (beta = 0.75) and higher cognitive reappraisal (beta = 0.20) were significantly associated with more drunkorexic behaviors. The positive metacognitive beliefs about cognitive self-regulation significantly mediated the association between cognitive reappraisal and drunkorexia behaviors. Both the positive metacognitive beliefs about cognitive self-regulation and the negative metacognitive beliefs about the uncontrollability of drinking significantly mediated the association between expressive suppression and drunkorexia behaviors. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that emotional and metacognitive processes are associated with drunkorexia, addressing as well the mediating effect between deficient emotional regulation and risky behavioral patterns. Overall, our results would speculate that the lack of emotional and cognitive assets might enhance internal distress perceived out of control, leading individuals to indulge in maladaptive behavioral patterns for managing the underlying impairment.

Emotion regulation and drunkorexia behaviors among Lebanese adults: The indirect effects of positive and negative metacognition / Azzi, Vanessa; Bianchi, Dora; Pompili, Sara; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Gerges, Sarah; Akel, Marwan; Malaeb, Diana; Obeid, Sahar; Hallit, Souheil. - In: BMC PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1471-244X. - (2023).

Emotion regulation and drunkorexia behaviors among Lebanese adults: The indirect effects of positive and negative metacognition

Dora Bianchi
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Fiorenzo Laghi
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2023

Abstract

entail an individual to control both of his/her emotions and thoughts, yet, to our knowledge, a scarcity of research has examined their potential role in drunkorexia as cognitive and emotional predictors. The following study investigates the different associations between two emotion regulation strategies (i.e. emotional suppression and cognitive reappraisal) and drunkorexia behaviors in a sample of Lebanese adults, exploring the possible indirect effects of positive and negative alcohol-related metacognitions. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 335 participants (March-July 2021). Results: Higher problematic alcohol use (beta = 5.56), higher physical activity index (beta = 0.08), higher expressive suppression (beta = 0.23), higher negative metacognitive beliefs about cognitive harm due to drinking (beta = 0.75) and higher cognitive reappraisal (beta = 0.20) were significantly associated with more drunkorexic behaviors. The positive metacognitive beliefs about cognitive self-regulation significantly mediated the association between cognitive reappraisal and drunkorexia behaviors. Both the positive metacognitive beliefs about cognitive self-regulation and the negative metacognitive beliefs about the uncontrollability of drinking significantly mediated the association between expressive suppression and drunkorexia behaviors. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that emotional and metacognitive processes are associated with drunkorexia, addressing as well the mediating effect between deficient emotional regulation and risky behavioral patterns. Overall, our results would speculate that the lack of emotional and cognitive assets might enhance internal distress perceived out of control, leading individuals to indulge in maladaptive behavioral patterns for managing the underlying impairment.
2023
Drunkrexia behaviors, Metacognition, Alcohol use disorder, Emotion regulation, Lebanese adults
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Emotion regulation and drunkorexia behaviors among Lebanese adults: The indirect effects of positive and negative metacognition / Azzi, Vanessa; Bianchi, Dora; Pompili, Sara; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Gerges, Sarah; Akel, Marwan; Malaeb, Diana; Obeid, Sahar; Hallit, Souheil. - In: BMC PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1471-244X. - (2023).
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