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

IF 3.4 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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一项以意义为中心的干预措施用于关注体重和体型的大学女生——一项随机对照试验的重复研究。

目的：最近的研究强调了生活意义与饮食失调维持的相关性。先前进行的一项随机对照试验测试了一种以意义为中心的干预方法，用于关注体重和体型的女大学生。在教练的指导下进行了为期六周的在线干预后，与等候组相比，干预组的参与者在生活意义方面得分更高，在饮食失调症状和一般痛苦方面得分更低。方法：考虑到原始研究是在COVID-19期间进行的，本研究复制了该设计，以测试研究结果的稳健性。结果：与等待名单条件（n = 68）相比，干预条件（n = 63）的参与者在后评估和随访中再次获得更高的生活意义存在。干预条件下的参与者在两个时间点也表现出较低的内化症状，而饮食失调症状仅在基线症状严重程度相对较高的患者中减轻。结论：因此，在没有社会距离措施的情况下，干预增加了生活意义，减少了饮食失调症状和体重和体型担忧女性的共病内化症状。

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European Eating Disorders Review PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

CiteScore

8.90

自引率

7.50%

发文量

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.