Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students

Many studies have suggested the co-occurrence of eating disorders and alcohol use disorders but in which extent binge eating (BE) and other disordered eating symptoms (DES) are associated with the severity of binge drinking (BD) remains unknown. We conducted a online cross-sectional study among 1,87...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Rolland, Mickael Naassila, Céline Duffau, Hakim Houchi, Fabien Gierski, Judith André
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01878/full
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author Benjamin Rolland
Mickael Naassila
Céline Duffau
Hakim Houchi
Fabien Gierski
Judith André
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description Many studies have suggested the co-occurrence of eating disorders and alcohol use disorders but in which extent binge eating (BE) and other disordered eating symptoms (DES) are associated with the severity of binge drinking (BD) remains unknown. We conducted a online cross-sectional study among 1,872 French students. Participants were asked their age, gender, tobacco and cannabis use status. They completed the Alcohol Use Questionnaire (AUQ), Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), and UPPS impulsive behavior questionnaire. BD score was calculated using the AUQ. Three items of the EDE-Q were used to construct a BE score. The predictors of the BD score were determined using a linear regression model. Our results showed that the BE score was correlated with the BD score (β0 = 0.051 ± 0.022; p = 0.019), but no other DES was associated with BD, including purging behaviors. The severity of BD was also correlated with younger age, male gender, tobacco and cannabis use, and with the ‘positive urgency,’ ‘premeditation,’ and ‘sensation seeking’ UPPS subscores (R2 of the model: 25%). Within DES, BE appeared as an independent determinant of the BD severity. This is in line with the recent hypothesis that BE is not a subtype of DES, but more a general vulnerability factor of emotional dysregulation, which could be shared by different behavioral and addictive disorders.
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spelling doaj.art-35d36a0502c540a4ad1957fb84e3ba5a2022-12-22T02:10:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-10-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.01878288936Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French StudentsBenjamin Rolland0Mickael Naassila1Céline Duffau2Hakim Houchi3Fabien Gierski4Judith André5Groupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP), INSERM ERi 24, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceGroupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP), INSERM ERi 24, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceGroupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP), INSERM ERi 24, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceGroupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP), INSERM ERi 24, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceC2S Laboratory (EA 6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FranceGroupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP), INSERM ERi 24, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceMany studies have suggested the co-occurrence of eating disorders and alcohol use disorders but in which extent binge eating (BE) and other disordered eating symptoms (DES) are associated with the severity of binge drinking (BD) remains unknown. We conducted a online cross-sectional study among 1,872 French students. Participants were asked their age, gender, tobacco and cannabis use status. They completed the Alcohol Use Questionnaire (AUQ), Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), and UPPS impulsive behavior questionnaire. BD score was calculated using the AUQ. Three items of the EDE-Q were used to construct a BE score. The predictors of the BD score were determined using a linear regression model. Our results showed that the BE score was correlated with the BD score (β0 = 0.051 ± 0.022; p = 0.019), but no other DES was associated with BD, including purging behaviors. The severity of BD was also correlated with younger age, male gender, tobacco and cannabis use, and with the ‘positive urgency,’ ‘premeditation,’ and ‘sensation seeking’ UPPS subscores (R2 of the model: 25%). Within DES, BE appeared as an independent determinant of the BD severity. This is in line with the recent hypothesis that BE is not a subtype of DES, but more a general vulnerability factor of emotional dysregulation, which could be shared by different behavioral and addictive disorders.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01878/fullbinge drinkingbinge eatingbinge-eating disorderalcohol drinkingadolescent
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Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
Frontiers in Psychology
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binge-eating disorder
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title Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
title_full Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
title_fullStr Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
title_full_unstemmed Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
title_short Binge Eating, But Not Other Disordered Eating Symptoms, Is a Significant Contributor of Binge Drinking Severity: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study among French Students
title_sort binge eating but not other disordered eating symptoms is a significant contributor of binge drinking severity findings from a cross sectional study among french students
topic binge drinking
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url http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01878/full
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