Exploring the role of Emotional Intelligence on disorder eating psychopathology

Purpose: This study aims to explore the role of emotional intelligence (EI) and specific facets that may underpin the aetiology of disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, as a means to understand what aspects of these deficits to target within treatments. Methods: Participants were recruited from the UK and Ireland. Among the sample of 355 participants, 84% were women and 16% were men. Regarding age, 59% were between 18 and 29, 30% were between 30 and 49, and 11% were 50 or older. Using a cross-sectional design, participants completed the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test to measure levels of trait EI and The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) as a measure of eating disorder risk and presence of disordered eating attitudes. Results: EAT-26 scores were negatively correlated with total EI scores and with the following EI subscales: appraisal of own emotions, regulation of emotions, utilization of emotions, and optimism. Also, compared to those without an eating disorder history, participants who reported having had an eating disorder had significantly lower total EI scores and lower scores on four EI subscales: appraisal of others emotions, appraisal of own emotions, regulation of emotions, and optimism. Conclusions: Considering these findings, EI (especially appraisal of own emotions, regulation of emotions, and optimism) may need to be addressed by interventions and treatments for eating disorders

Systemtheorie: geschlechtliche Gleichheit und Diskriminierung in der funktional differenzierten Gesellschaft

Die systemtheoretische Geschlechtersoziologie verwendet Luhmanns Systemtheorie als analytischen Rahmen für ihre Einordnung geschlechtersoziologischer Fragestellungen. Im Vordergrund steht die analytische Durchdringung der paradoxen Gleichzeitigkeit geschlechtlicher Gleichheit und Diskriminierung

Structure and dynamics of lipid monolayers: Implications for enzyme catalysed lipolysis

We have investigated the role of the substrate on the interfacial activation of Upases by an interdisciplinary study of the structure and dynamics of 1,2-sn dipalmitoylglycerol monolayers at distinct surface pressures. The diglyceride Langmuir film undergoes two phase transitions occurring at 38.3 and 39.8 Å2 per molecule. The first transition is unique for diglyceride molecules and is driven by a reorganization of the headgroups causing a change in the hydrophobicity of the oil-water interface. X-ray diffraction studies of different mesophases shows that in the two highest pressure phases, the alkyl chains pack in an hexagonal structure relaxing to a distorted-hexagonal lattice in the lowest pressure phase with the alkyl chains tilted by approx 14° in a direction close to a nearest neighbour direction