Sünnemann, Kim Marie (2025) Contributors to Binge Eating Episodes among Female First Year Psychology Students: A Moderation Analysis. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Binge eating is part of serious eating disorders and has been linked to various negative health outcomes like excessive weight gain. This cross-sectional study looked at whether delay discounting, a measure of impulsive decision making, is positively associated with numbers of binge-eating days. Additionally, this study introduced restrained eating as a moderator of the relationship between delay discounting and days of binge eating in female first-year psychology students (n = 175), aged 17 to 30, of the University of Groningen. All data were collected using self-report measures in a controlled laboratory setting. Delay discounting was assessed using the Monetary Choice Questionnaire, a widely used measure of hypothetical monetary choices. Binge-eating days were measured with a numeric response item from the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Additionally, participants had to fill out the Restraint Scale to assess restrained eating. Results showed that delay discounting was not significantly associated with number of binge-eating days and no significant moderation effect of restrained eating was found. However, in this non-clinical sample, restrained eating was associated with binge-eating independently, rather than through an interaction with delay discounting. These result challenge the idea that delay discounting is an important mechanism in investigating binge-eating in healthy populations. Future research could improve methodological approaches by employing longitudinal designs and placing greater emphasis on cognitive control strategies. Keywords: delay discounting, restrained eating, binge eating, Monetary Choice Questionnaire, female students
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jonker, N.C. and Masselman, I. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2025 09:11 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2025 09:11 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5737 |
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