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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2021

Application of three different coaching strategies through a virtual coach for people with emotional eating: a vignette study.

Aranka Dol, Christina Bode, Hugo Velthuijsen, Tatjana van Strien, Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen

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Aranka DolDepartment of Psychology, Health and Technology, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), University of Twente, De Zul 10, 7522, NJ, Enschede, The Netherlands. a.dol@utwente.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-7718
Christina BodeDepartment of Psychology, Health and Technology, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), University of Twente, De Zul 10, 7522, NJ, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Hugo VelthuijsenInstitute for Communication, Media & IT, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Tatjana van StrienBehavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Lisette van Gemert-PijnenDepartment of Psychology, Health and Technology, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), University of Twente, De Zul 10, 7522, NJ, Enschede, The Netherlands.

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backgroundAround 13% of the world's population suffers from obesity. More than 40% of people with obesity display emotional eating behaviour (eating in response to negative emotions or distress). It is an alternate to more effective coping strategies for negative emotions. Our study explored the opportunities for helping adults with emotional overeating using a virtual coach, aiming to identify preferences for tailored coaching strategies applicable in a personal virtual coach environment. Three different coaching strategies were tested: a validating, a focus-on-change, and a dialectical one - the latter being a synthesis of the first two strategies.

methodsA qualitative study used vignettes reflecting the two most relevant situations for people with emotional eating: 1. experiencing negative emotions, with ensuing food cravings; and 2. after losing control to emotional eating, with ensuing feelings of low self-esteem. Applied design: 2 situations × 3 coaching strategies.

participants71 adult women (M

resultsQualitative results showed that participants valued both the validating coaching strategy and the focus-on-change strategy, but indicated that a combination of validation and focus-on-change provides both mental support and practical advice. Data showed that participants differed in their level of awareness of the role that emotions play in their overeating and the need for emotion-regulation skills.

conclusionThe design of the virtual coach should be based on dialectical coaching strategies as preferred by participants with emotional eating behaviour. It should be tailored to the different stages of awareness of their emotions and individual emotion-regulation skills.

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Dialectical behavioural therapyEmotional eatingObesityPersonalized coaching

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PMCPMC7809774

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