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Joelle Ciccarelli
Joelle Ciccarelli

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ADHD symptoms and intuitive eating: The importance of interoceptive awareness and Mea...
Joelle Ciccarelli
Yuanyuan Jiang

Joelle Ciccarelli

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October 25, 2024
Intuitive Eating (IE) is an approach often used for eating disorder recovery, and individuals with ADHD are at high risk for eating disorders. Individuals with Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may also have impaired interoceptive awareness (IA), and interoceptive awareness may be associated with intuitive eating. It is also possible for meaning-making through a meaning mindset to be associated with interoceptive awareness, which could in turn facilitate intuitive eating. This study examined the relationships among ADHD symptoms, IA, IE, and MM. In particular, the indirect effects of IA and MM as mediators between ADHD symptoms and IE were investigated. Seventy-six adults between the ages of 18 and 63 years (mean age: 32.78 years) with varying levels of ADHD symptoms (37 participants with diagnosed ADHD) completed online questionnaires that included the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Intuitive Eating Scale-2, Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, and Adult Identity and Meaning Scale. Findings showed that higher

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