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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The ACTyourCHANGE in Teens Study Protocol: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention for Adolescents with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Anna Guerrini Usubini, Roberto Cattivelli, Vanessa Bertuzzi, Giorgia Varallo, Alessandro Alberto Rossi, Clarissa Volpi, Michela Bottacchi, Sofia Tamini, Alessandra De Col, Giada Pietrabissa and 4 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cognitive Fusion and Emotional Eating among Adolescents with Obesity: A Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Guerrini UsubiniIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Roberto CattivelliIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Vanessa BertuzziDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8541-5357
Giorgia VaralloIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Alessandro Alberto RossiDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, Section of Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7000-5999
Clarissa VolpiIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Michela BottacchiIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Sofia TaminiIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Experimental Laboratory for Auxo-Endocrinological Research, 28824 Piancavallo (VB), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2503-5117
Alessandra De ColIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Experimental Laboratory for Auxo-Endocrinological Research, 28824 Piancavallo (VB), Italy.
Giada PietrabissaIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Stefania MannariniDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, Section of Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8446-785X
Gianluca CastelnuovoIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Enrico MolinariIstituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Alessandro SartorioIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Experimental Laboratory for Auxo-Endocrinological Research, 28824 Piancavallo (VB), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9620-4133
University of Milan · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Randomized Controlled Trial [(RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based intervention combined with treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU only in improving psychological conditions in a sample of adolescents with obesity (body mass index, BMI > 97th percentile for age and sex) within the context of a wider multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for weight loss. Fifty consecutive adolescents (12-17 years) of both genders with obesity will be recruited among the patients hospitalized in a clinical center for obesity rehabilitation and randomly allocated into two experimental conditions: ACT + TAU vs. TAU only. Both groups will attend a three-week in-hospital multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for weight loss. The ACT + TAU condition comprises a psychological intervention based on ACT combined with a standard psychological assessment and support to the hospitalization. The TAU comprises the standard psychological assessment and support to the hospitalization. At pre- to post-psychological intervention, participants will complete the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth, the Psychological Well-Being Scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Emotional Eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire to assess psychological well-being as the primary outcome and experiential avoidance, psychological distress, emotional dysregulation, and emotional eating as secondary outcomes. Repeated-measures ANOVAs (2 × 2) will be conducted. The study will assess the effectiveness of a brief ACT-based intervention for adolescents with obesity in improving their psychological conditions by targeting specific core processes of the ACT framework (openness, awareness, and engagement). Future directions of the study will assess whether these psychological processes will contribute to addressing long-term weight loss.

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Acceptance and Commitment TherapyPsychological DistressAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleObesityQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment Outcomeacceptance and commitment therapyadolescentsobesity rehabilitationpsychological flexibilitypsychological well-being

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