Abstract
Prior research on the relations among eating behaviors and thought suppression is limited to a measure of general thought suppression, the White Bear Suppression Inventory. To address this limitation, researchers recently validated the Food Thought Suppression Inventory (FTSI). Analyses using this measure suggest that food thought suppression is distinct from and is more predictive of eating disorder psychopathology than is general thought suppression. The FTSI, however, has not yet been validated in clinical samples. The purpose of the current study is to examine the factor structure and clinical correlates of the FTSI within treatment seeking obese women with binge eating disorder (BED; N= 128). Analyses revealed a valid and reliable one-factor measure of food thought suppression that was related to higher levels of eating and general psychopathology. The findings provide evidence for the use of the FTSI with obese women with BED. Future research should examine the psychometric properties of the FTSI within larger and more diverse samples.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 35-39 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Eating Behaviors |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported, in part, by grants from the National Institutes of Health (K23 DK092279, K24 DK070052, and R01 DK49587). No additional funding was received for the completion of this work.
Keywords
- Binge eating
- Eating
- Food
- Measure
- Obesity
- Thought suppression