From BIS to binge: The role of negative affect in the pathway between personality and binge eating

Recent research has highlighted the utility of using revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) to further understand individual differences that influence binge eating behaviours. The current study draws on both RST and theoretical models implicate negative affect in eating, with aim identifying indirect pathways between systems as mediated through affect. Undergraduate students ( n = 229, M 22.67 years age, SD 8.95, 76% female) completed self-report measures reinforcement sensitivities, symptoms. Bootstrapped tests effects showed pathway Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) Additionally, rash impulsivity This supports extends previous by highlighting experience a possible mechanism which heightened BIS leads eating. • Binge symptoms were associated BIS, Negative from also Future should utilise experimental studies these variables.