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Emotion Dysregulation as a Correlate of Alcohol-Related Compensatory Behaviors in Undergraduate Students

Horvath, Sarah A.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7884-958X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524830748595705

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Disordered eating behaviors, including binge eating, food restriction, self-induced vomiting, and laxative use are prevalent within undergraduate male and female students. Problematic alcohol use and related issues, including binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences, are also widespread and these two issues are often comorbid. The unique combination of these behaviors, termed alcohol-related compensatory behaviors (ARCB), has recently come to the attention of researchers. ARCB involve compensatory behaviors performed in response to or in preparation for alcohol use in order to counteract calories consumed from alcohol or to increase intoxication. However, research regarding ARCB is sparse. Specifically, there is a lack of knowledge concerning psychological correlates that may help to explain these behaviors and a lack of consensus regarding potential sex differences in ARCB. Emotion dysregulation is a transdiagnostic psychological correlate implicated in a multitude of psychopathology, including disordered eating and alcohol use. Therefore, the present thesis used a cross-sectional design to examine the association between emotion dysregulation and ARCB in a sample of male and female undergraduate students (N = 417). Further, sex differences in ARCB and in the association between emotion dysregulation and ARCB were also examined. While ARCB were positively associated with emotion dysregulation at the bivariate level, emotion dysregulation was not a correlate of ARCB after accounting for alcohol use and problems, disordered eating, and BMI. Finally, there were no sex differences in ARCB and the association between emotion dysregulation and ARCB did not vary among males and females. Findings provide the first study on emotion dysregulation and ARCB, and additional knowledge regarding psychological correlates of ARCB and their temporal relationship to these risky behaviors is needed.
Ryan Shorey, Ph.D (Advisor)
Sarah Racine, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
100 p.
Psychology
Disordered Eating; Eating Disorders; Alcohol Use; Emotion Dysregulation; Gender; Emotion Regulation; DERS; CEBRACS; Drunkorexia; Alcohol Related Compensatory Behaviors; Purging; Compensatory Behaviors; College Students

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  • Horvath, S. A. (2018). Emotion Dysregulation as a Correlate of Alcohol-Related Compensatory Behaviors in Undergraduate Students [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524830748595705

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Horvath, Sarah. Emotion Dysregulation as a Correlate of Alcohol-Related Compensatory Behaviors in Undergraduate Students. 2018. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524830748595705.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Horvath, Sarah. "Emotion Dysregulation as a Correlate of Alcohol-Related Compensatory Behaviors in Undergraduate Students." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524830748595705

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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