Arbinaga, F.; Sierra, M.; Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2024, 14, 155, doi:10.5455/pbs.20240331062223.
Arbinaga, F.; Sierra, M.; Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2024, 14, 155, doi:10.5455/pbs.20240331062223.
Arbinaga, F.; Sierra, M.; Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2024, 14, 155, doi:10.5455/pbs.20240331062223.
Arbinaga, F.; Sierra, M.; Pedro, E. Psychological Inflexibility in Spanish Adults: Characteristics of Emotional Eating and the Healthy Eating Index. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2024, 14, 155, doi:10.5455/pbs.20240331062223.
Abstract
The aim is to understand the relationship between psychological inflexibility, emotional eating, and the rate of healthy eating. A total of 705 Spanish adults participated (65.2% women); the mean age was 27.21 years (SD = 10.67). The instruments used were Acceptance and Action Ques-tionnaire, Eating and Appraisal Due to Emotions and Stress Questionnaire and the Healthy Eating Index for the Spanish population. The women showed significantly higher scores in psychological inflexibility than men (p < .001). No differences have been described in the Emotional Eating scale (p = .085) differences have been reported on the Self-efficacy in Emotion -and Stress-Related Eating subscale, where men do better at managing eating (p < .001). Females indicate better diet quality (p < .001). Those who show less psychological inflexibility obtain emotional eating scores indicative of less coping with emotions through food (p < .001). Groups formed according to psychological inflexibility do not differ in diet quality (p = .898). The importance of psychological inflexibility is due to its role and strong association with a variety of problems related to eating behavior, but especially because it is a construct that can be intervened upon and modified.
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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