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August 4, 2025Open Access

Alexithymia and Emotional Eating: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness

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PAPulwasha AnwarARA Snehalatha RaniHAHadeeqa Anmol

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Overview

Correlational design reveals impulsivity mediates emotional eating in university students, suggesting intervention need.

Key Points

  • Emotional eating increases significantly with higher impulsivity among students, indicating a strong link with alexithymia.
  • Correlations show alexithymia, impulsivity, and emotional eating are closely connected (r = .95), highlighting the need for further study.
  • Cross-sectional analysis utilized data from 280 university students in Pakistan and Turkey, focusing on cultural distinctions.
  • Implications suggest targeting impulsivity may be essential for interventions aimed at improving emotional regulation in young adults.

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Anwar et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2974cf1dd9ea359e2d7dhttps://doi.org/10.71000/kd3sk862
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