Trial reportBehaviour research and therapy2015
Randomized controlled pilot trial of a novel dissonance-based group treatment for eating disorders.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of sociodemographic reporting and representation in eating disorder psychotherapy treatment trials in the United States.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Digital Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Women's Body Image.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Pooled it
- Randomized target engagement trial of a dissonance-based transdiagnostic eating disorder treatment versus transdiagnostic interpersonal psychotherapy.Psychological medicine · 2025Trial
- A randomized trial of two group-delivered transdiagnostic eating disorder treatments: Dissonance-based treatment versus interpersonal psychotherapy.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Evidence that a novel transdiagnostic eating disorder treatment reduces reward region response to the thin beauty ideal and high-calorie binge foods.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
- Randomized trial of a dissonance-based transdiagnostic group treatment for eating disorders: An evaluation of target engagement.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- Randomized trial of a dissonance-based group treatment for eating disorders versus a supportive mindfulness group treatment.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- What About the Differences in Body Representation and Body Image Between Stroke Patients and Healthy Controls? Psychological and Clinical Implications.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Waiting for it: Anorexia Risk, Future Orientation, and Intertemporal Discounting.Research square · 2024Article
- A Social Media-Delivered Melanoma Prevention Program for Young Women Engaged in Frequent UV Tanning: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Is a dissonance-based group intervention targeting thin-ideal internalization a successful potential add-on for specialized eating disorder care? A randomized feasibility and acceptability pilot study.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- A framework for conceptualising early intervention for eating disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Review
- Body size overestimation in anorexia nervosa: Contributions of cognitive, affective, tactile and visual information.Psychiatry research · 2021Article
- Body mistrust bridges interoceptive awareness and eating disorder symptoms.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2020Article
- Thin-ideal internalization: How much is too much?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Efficacy of the Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of comorbid psychopathology accompanying emotional disorders compared to treatments targeting single disorders.Journal of psychiatric research · 2018Article
- On the measurement of thin-ideal internalization: Implications for interpretation of risk factors and treatment outcome in eating disorders research.The International journal of eating disorders · 2018Article
- Socialization and selection effects in the association between weight conscious peer groups and thin-ideal internalization: A co-twin control study.Body image · 2016Article
- A qualitative analysis of participants' reflections on body image during participation in a randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy.Journal of eating disorders · 2016Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The authors conducted a pilot trial of a new dissonance-based group eating disorder treatment designed to be a cost-effective front-line transdiagnostic treatment that could be more widely disseminated than extant individual or family treatments that are more expensive and difficult to deliver. Young women with a DSM-5 eating disorder (N = 72) were randomized to an 8-week dissonance-based Counter Attitudinal Therapy group treatment or a usual care control condition, completing diagnostic interviews and questionnaires at pre, post, and 2-month follow-up. Intent-to-treat analyses revealed that intervention participants showed greater reductions in outcomes than usual care controls in a multivariate multilevel model (χ(2)[6] = 34.1, p < .001), producing large effects for thin-ideal internalization (d = .79), body dissatisfaction (d = 1.14), and blinded interview-assessed eating disorder symptoms (d = .95), and medium effects for dissonance regarding perpetuating the thin ideal (d = .65) and negative affect (d = .55). Midway through this pilot we refined engagement procedures, which was associated with increased effect sizes (e.g., the d for eating disorder symptoms increased from .51 to 2.30). This new group treatment produced large reductions in eating disorder symptoms, which is encouraging because it requires about 1/20th the therapist time necessary for extant individual and family treatments, and has the potential to provide a cost-effective and efficacious approach to reaching the majority of individuals with eating disorders who do not presently received treatment.
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