Research paper
Serpell L, Amey R, Kamboj SK. The role of self-compassion and self-criticism in binge eating behaviour. Appetite. 2020 Jan 1;144:104470. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.104470. Epub 2019 Oct 3. PMID: 31586596.
Why we cite it
An RCT in a clinical-level population (women with BN or BED symptoms) demonstrating that self-compassion improves food-related self-regulation after negative mood, despite not reducing food cravings or physiological cue reactivity. This dissociation between cravings and actual eating behavior is the key finding — self-compassion doesn't eliminate the desire to eat but changes the behavioral response to that desire. One of the few experimental studies comparing self-compassion directly to self-critical rumination in an eating disorder population. Referenced by 1 k-file.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104470 · PubMed 31586596 · Publisher