Table 5.
Associations between dysregulated eating and emotion differentiation measures, with negative and positive emotion differentiation included in the same model
| Method 1 – Intraclass Correlation Coefficient | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEBQ Emotional Eating | Presence of BEs | |||||||
| Variable | β | SE | p | 95% CI | OR | SE | p | 95% CI |
| Intercept | −.001 | .04 | .984 | −.09, .09 | .03 | .01 | <.001*** | .01, .08 |
| NED | .003 | .04 | .947 | −.08, .09 | .76 | .18 | .243 | .47, 1.21 |
| PED | −.07 | .04 | .123 | −.15, .02 | .57 | .14 | .026* | .35, .94 |
| Negative affect | .45 | .04 | <.001*** | .36, .54 | 2.35 | .55 | <.001*** | 1.48, 3.73 |
| Positive affect | −.03 | .04 | .548 | −.11, .06 | .48 | .13 | .009** | .28, .84 |
| BMI | .03 | .04 | .557 | −.06, .11 | 1.42 | .28 | .073 | .97, 2.08 |
| Method 2 – Average Interitem Correlation | ||||||||
| DEBQ Emotional Eating | Presence of BEs | |||||||
| Variable | β | SE | p | 95% CI | OR | SE | p | 95% CI |
| Intercept | −.002 | .04 | .966 | −.09, .09 | .03 | .02 | <.001*** | .01, .08 |
| NED | .04 | .04 | .313 | −.04, .13 | .85 | .18 | .456 | .56, 1.30 |
| PED | −.06 | .04 | .149 | −.14, .02 | .67 | .16 | .088 | .43, 1.06 |
| Negative affect | .47 | .04 | <.001*** | .38, .55 | 2.43 | .59 | <.001*** | 1.51, 3.91 |
| Positive affect | −.03 | .04 | .498 | −.11, .06 | .52 | .14 | .018* | .30, .89 |
| BMI | .03 | .04 | .481 | −.05, .12 | 1.48 | .29 | .047* | 1.005, 2.19 |
| Method 3 – Average Daily Variance | ||||||||
| DEBQ Emotional Eating | Presence of BEs | |||||||
| Variable | Β | SE | p | 95% CI | OR | SE | p | 95% CI |
| Intercept | −.001 | .04 | .990 | −.08, .08 | .03 | .02 | <.001*** | .01, .09 |
| NED | −.25 | .08 | .001** | −.40, −.10 | .40 | .19 | .048* | .16, .99 |
| PED | −.10 | .05 | .032* | −.19, −.01 | .95 | .30 | .875 | .51, 1.76 |
| Negative affect | .68 | .07 | <.001*** | .54, .83 | 4.42 | 1.68 | <.001*** | 2.10, 9.31 |
| Positive affect | −.003 | .04 | .937 | −.09, .08 | .50 | .16 | .030* | .26, .93 |
| BMI | .03 | .04 | .440 | −.05, .11 | 1.46 | .28 | .050 | 1.00, 2.14 |
Note: NED = negative emotion differentiation; PED = positive emotion differentiation; DEBQ Emotional Eating = average Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire Emotional Eating subscale score; BE = clinically significant binge eating episode; BMI = body mass index.
*
p <.05,
**
p <.01,
***
p <.001.