A Meaning-Centered Intervention for Undergraduate Women With High Weight and Shape Concerns-Replication of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

IF 3.9 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY European Eating Disorders Review Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1002/erv.3175

Franziska Schutzeichel, Marije Aan Het Rot, Sanne F W van Doornik, Klaske A Glashouwer, Mirjam I Frey, Peter J de Jong

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Abstract

Objective: Recent studies underscore the relevance of life meaning to the maintenance of eating disorders. A previously conducted randomized controlled trial tested a meaning-centered intervention for female university students with high weight and shape concerns. After a 6-week online intervention led by a trainer, participants in the intervention condition scored higher on life meaning and lower on eating disorder symptoms and general distress compared to a waitlist group.

Method: Given that the original study took place during COVID-19, this study replicated the design to test the findings' robustness.

Results: Compared to the waitlist condition (n = 68), participants in the intervention condition (n = 63) again scored higher on the presence of life meaning at post-assessment and follow-up. Participants in the intervention condition also showed moderately lower internalizing symptoms at both timepoints, whereas eating disorder symptoms were only reduced in those with relatively high baseline symptom severity.

Conclusions: Thus, also without social distancing measures, the intervention increased life meaning and reduced eating disorder symptoms and comorbid internalizing symptoms in women with weight and shape concerns.

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European Eating Disorders Review PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： European Eating Disorders Review publishes authoritative and accessible articles, from all over the world, which review or report original research that has implications for the treatment and care of people with eating disorders, and articles which report innovations and experience in the clinical management of eating disorders. The journal focuses on implications for best practice in diagnosis and treatment. The journal also provides a forum for discussion of the causes and prevention of eating disorders, and related health policy. The aims of the journal are to offer a channel of communication between researchers, practitioners, administrators and policymakers who need to report and understand developments in the field of eating disorders.