Date
12-2011
Department
Counseling Department
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Chair
John C. Thomas
Primary Subject Area
Psychology, General
Keywords
Adult Attachment, Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, Emotion Regulation, God Attachment, Negative Affect
Recommended Citation
Weaver, Angela Charpia, "Investigating the Role of God Attachment, Adult Attachment and Emotion Regulation in Binge Eating" (2011). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 484.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/484
Abstract
Using a cross-sectional, self-report research design, this study examined a non-clinical population of 175 college women between the ages of 18-28 at a private, Christian university. A Pearson correlation matrix confirmed significant linear relationships between binge eating symptoms, emotion regulation, adult attachment insecurity and God attachment insecurity. A hierarchical multiple regression model determined that God attachment insecurity does not contribute unique variance toward binge eating symptoms after controlling for emotion regulation and adult attachment insecurity. Because God attachment insecurity was correlated to emotion regulation and adult attachment insecurity, and weakly correlated to binge eating symptoms without contributing unique variance, this study suggests that God attachment insecurity plays an indirect role in the perpetuation of binge eating symptoms.
