Abstract

The purpose of the find out about used to be to examine the extent of overlap between autistic traits, physique dissatisfaction and disordered consuming and to discover the mediating consequences of poor attitudes in the direction of emotional expression and emotion dysregulation. The pattern comprised 416 college college students (82% females, 17-48 years [M=19.76, SD=3.85]), who executed an on line questionnaire assessing ingesting attitudes and behaviours (including dieting, bulimia and oral control), physique dissatisfaction, and autistic qualities (including the Autism Quotient [AQ] and its associated subscales as nicely as the Empathising Quotient). Attitudes in the direction of emotional expression and emotion law have been additionally assessed. Results printed that ingesting pathology correlated rather with all AQ subscales, with the exception of the interest to element subscale.