eating disorders

수용 전념 치료 프로그램이 폭식장애 경향이 있는 대학생의 폭식행동, 경험회피 및 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 효과를 알아보았다. J지역 내 대학생을 250명 남녀 학생들에게 폭식척도(BES), 수용행동질문지(AAQ-16), 심리적 안녕감 척도(PWBS)를 실시하였다. 이를 토대로 폭식장애 경향이있는 대학생 14명을 참가자로 선정하여 치료 집단에 7명, 통제집단에 7명씩 무선 할당하였다. 수용 전념 치료 프로그램은 주 2회씩 총 8회기에 걸쳐 진행되었다. 프로그램 종료 후 사후 조사가실시되었고 8주 후 추적 조사가 이루어졌다. 그 결과, 수용 전념 치료 프로그램에 참여한 집단이통제집단보다 폭식행동과 경험회피가 유의하게 더 감소되었고, 심리적 안녕감은 유의하게 더 증가되었다. 마지막으로, 본 연구의 의의와 제한점 및 추후 연구에 대한 제언이 논의되었다.

본 연구에서는 수용-전념 집단 프로그램이 폭식장애 경향이 있는 대학생의 분노, 스트레스 및 폭식행동에 미치는 효과를 알아보았다. 전북 지역에 소재하고 있는 대학교의 400명 남녀 대학생들에게 폭식 척도, 정서적 섭식 척도, 스트레스 척도를 실시하여, 폭식척도에서 절단점 18점 이상이며, 정서적 섭식척도와 스트레스 척도를 통해 분노섭식이 우울섭식이나 불안섭식에 비해 높고 스트레스 점수가 높은 사람들을 선별하였다. 치료를 원치 않은 학생들과 치료 도중 탈락된 학생들을 제외하여 최종 선별된 14명의 참가자를 수용-전념치료집단에 7명, 대기통제집단에 7명씩 무선할당하였다. 연구에 참여한 참가자들에게 사전, 사후, 추적 검사에서 폭식 척도, 한국판 상태-특성 분노표현 척도 및 스트레스 척도를 실시하였고, 수용-전념치료 집단에게 수용-전념 집단 프로그램을 총 8회기에 걸쳐 실시하였다.

Objective
The current study tested the efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) group intervention for disinhibited eating behaviour as an adjunct to the Veterans Affairs MOVE!© weight management programme.

Introduction

Researchers are examining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the ongoing efforts for effective eating disorder (ED) treatment. ACT focuses on experiential avoidance as a central maintaining factor of ED, so valid measures of this process are needed. We sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Weight related issues (AAQW), which has only been studied with an overweight population.

Method

Binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder marked by a recurrence of eating unusually large amounts of food in one sitting along with feeling a loss of control over eating and experiencing marked distress. Outcomes from two adult women with BED who voluntarily participated in 10 weekly sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are presented. Binge eating was self-monitored daily prior to and throughout treatment.

Mindfulness-based interventions are increasingly used to treat binge eating. The effects of these interventions have not been reviewed comprehensively. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to summarize the literature on mindfulness-based interventions and determine their impact on binge eating behavior.

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) targeting eating behaviours have gained popularity in recent years. A literature review was conducted to determine the effectiveness of MBIs for treating obesity-related eating behaviours, such as binge eating, emotional eating and external eating. A search protocol was conducted using the online databases Google Scholar, PubMed, PsycINFO and Ovid Healthstar.

Background: Obesity rates are growing globally along with the associated health and economic consequences (Caballero, 2007). However, weight loss is difficult, highlighting the need to address the psychological challenges of obesity (Wing & Phelan, 2005). Obesity is linked with emotional eating (Torres & Nowson, 2007). Therefore, interventions which may tackle emotional eating may address obesity.

Emotional eating is characterized by eating in response to intense inner emotions, not hunger. This case-series study presents the outcomes from two adults with problematic emotional eating who voluntarily participated in 10 weekly sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Emotional eating was self-monitored daily prior to and throughout the course of treatment.

Purpose

This study sought to test whether the relationship between experiential acceptance (EA) and treatment outcome among eating disorder (ED) patients was mediated by motivation.

Methods

Upon admission to a residential ED treatment facility, female patients completed measures of EA, motivation, and baseline ED symptom severity (covariate); symptom severity was reassessed at discharge.