The aim of this article is to provide a critical review of current research on the role of emotional resilience in determining binge-eating symptoms among women within a sociocultural framework. International data consistently show that eating disorders (EDs) rank among the most severe psychiatric conditions in terms of mortality and loss of healthy life years. Global prevalence of EDs has markedly increased between 2000 and 2018, while population-level data for Kazakhstan are lacking. The paper outlines clinical and psychological characteristics of binge and emotional eating and the place of binge-eating disorder (BED) in contemporary diagnostic systems, drawing on the classic Binge Eating Scale and evidence-based clinical guidelines. The review examines sociocultural standards of female appearance, food norms and cultural scripts that increase the risk of disordered eating, including the role of thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction and shame. Psychological predictors of binge-eating symptoms in women are analyzed, such as self-critical perfectionism, neuroticism, emotional dysregulation and emotional intelligence deficits, stress and negative affect. Emotional resilience is conceptualized in line with the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and sociocultural approaches to resilience that emphasize the importance of cultural and community resources. An integrative conceptual model is proposed in which sociocultural factors, psychological characteristics and emotional resilience jointly determine the severity of binge-eating symptoms in women.
A. Saduyeva (2026) studied this question.