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ArticleEurope's journal of psychology2019

Psychological Meanings of Eating Disorders and Their Association With Symptoms, Motivation Toward Treatment, and Clinical Evolution Among Outpatients.

Marie-Pierre Gagnon-Girouard, Marie-Pier Chenel-Beaulieu, Annie Aimé, Carole Ratté, Catherine Bégin

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Article in Europe's journal of psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Occupational therapy's role in the exploration of meaning in anorexia.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2022
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marie-Pierre Gagnon-GirouardDepartment of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
Marie-Pier Chenel-BeaulieuSchool of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Annie AiméDepartment of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Québec, Canada.
Carole RattéFaculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Catherine BéginSchool of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Université Laval · CAUniversité du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CAUniversité du Québec en Outaouais · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike patients suffering from egodystonic disorders, people with eating disorders sometimes attribute positive meanings to their symptoms, and this attribution process contributes to the maintenance of the disorder. This study aims at exploring psychological meanings of eating disorders and their associations with symptoms, motivation toward treatment, and clinical evolution. Eighty-one adults with an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, n = 46 and bulimia nervosa, n = 35) treated in a day-hospital program were asked, each week over an 8-week period, to identify the psychological meanings they ascribed to their eating disorder. Avoidance was the most frequently identified meaning, followed by mental strength, security, death, confidence, identity, care, and communication. Avoidance was more frequently mentioned by participants with bulimia than in cases of anorexia. Security and mental strength were associated with less motivation toward treatment. Death was associated with more depressive and anxious symptoms. An exploratory factor analysis showed that these meanings formed three main dimensions: Avoidance, Intrapsychic, and Relational. Findings suggest that psychological meanings associated with eating disorders can be assessed and used as a clinical tool to increase treatment acceptability and effectiveness.

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ambivalence toward treatmentanorexiaanxietyBulimiadepressionmaintenance factorsmotivation

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PMID33574961
PMCPMC7871755
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