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Trial reportEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2025

A Meaning-Centered Intervention for Undergraduate Women With High Weight and Shape Concerns-Replication of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Franziska Schutzeichel, Marije Aan Het Rot, Sanne F W van Doornik, Klaske A Glashouwer, Mirjam I Frey, Peter J de Jong

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Franziska SchutzeichelDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5405-6283
Marije Aan Het RotDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-7513
Sanne F W van DoornikDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-5541
Klaske A GlashouwerDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-1189
Mirjam I FreyDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Peter J de JongDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-3663

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Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRecent studies underscore the relevance of life meaning to the maintenance of eating disorders. A previously conducted randomized controlled trial tested a meaning-centered intervention for female university students with high weight and shape concerns. After a 6-week online intervention led by a trainer, participants in the intervention condition scored higher on life meaning and lower on eating disorder symptoms and general distress compared to a waitlist group.

methodGiven that the original study took place during COVID-19, this study replicated the design to test the findings' robustness.

resultsCompared to the waitlist condition (n = 68), participants in the intervention condition (n = 63) again scored higher on the presence of life meaning at post-assessment and follow-up. Participants in the intervention condition also showed moderately lower internalizing symptoms at both timepoints, whereas eating disorder symptoms were only reduced in those with relatively high baseline symptom severity.

conclusionsThus, also without social distancing measures, the intervention increased life meaning and reduced eating disorder symptoms and comorbid internalizing symptoms in women with weight and shape concerns.

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Body ImageFeeding and Eating DisordersStudentsAdolescentAdultCOVID-19FemaleHumansUniversitiesYoung Adultcomorbideating disordersinterventionmeaningreplication

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