Eva Van Malderen*1, Eva Kemps2, Laurence Claes3,4, Sandra Verbeken1, Lien Goossens1
1 Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
2 School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
3 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,
4 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Purpose: Psychopathology in which individuals experience loss of control (loss of control pathology: LOP) (e.g., binge eating, substance abuse), is prevalent among adolescents. Dual-pathway models propose that LOP is the result of an imbalance between immature regulatory combined with strong reactive processes; yet, interactions between these processes are rarely investigated. Moreover, research on these processes in different types of LOP is expanding but a transdiagnostic focus is lacking. This study examined whether a profile based on dual-pathway processes can be detected, making adolescents transdiagnostically vulnerable for LOP.
Methods: A community sample of 341 adolescents (13-17 years; 54.5% female) was recruited. Participants self-reported on their regulatory (inhibitory control) and reactive (reward sensitivity) processes. Participants also self-reported on LOP in the context of eating and substances (tobacco, cannabis, alcohol) but also in non-substance related contexts (gaming, social media, gambling, shopping).
Results: Results revealed four profiles of adolescents in the community based on regulatory and reactive processing. The profile characterized by immature regulatory processes (inhibitory control) combined with strong reactive processes (reward sensitivity) was most strongly associated with LOP.
Conclusions: There are naturally occurring profiles among adolescents in the community that are based on the dual-pathway perspective. There is a specific subgroup of adolescents with a vulnerable profile in the context of LOP (immature regulatory and strong reactive processes).
Methods: A community sample of 341 adolescents (13-17 years; 54.5% female) was recruited. Participants self-reported on their regulatory (inhibitory control) and reactive (reward sensitivity) processes. Participants also self-reported on LOP in the context of eating and substances (tobacco, cannabis, alcohol) but also in non-substance related contexts (gaming, social media, gambling, shopping).
Results: Results revealed four profiles of adolescents in the community based on regulatory and reactive processing. The profile characterized by immature regulatory processes (inhibitory control) combined with strong reactive processes (reward sensitivity) was most strongly associated with LOP.
Conclusions: There are naturally occurring profiles among adolescents in the community that are based on the dual-pathway perspective. There is a specific subgroup of adolescents with a vulnerable profile in the context of LOP (immature regulatory and strong reactive processes).
Jolien De Coen
Prof. dr. Sandra Verbeken, Prof. dr. Lien Goossens
Prof. dr. Sandra Verbeken, Prof. dr. Lien Goossens
Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology
Contact: Jolien.DeCoen@ugent.be
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