The role of body image psychological flexibility on the treatment of eating disorders in a residential facility

The purpose of this study was to test whether pre-treatment levels of psychological flexibility would longitudinally predict quality of life and eating disorder risk in patients at a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Data on body image psychological flexibility, quality of life, a...

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2016-12, Vol.23, p.150-155
Main Authors: Bluett, E.J., Lee, E.B., Simone, M., Lockhart, G., Twohig, M.P., Lensegrav-Benson, Tera, Quakenbush-Roberts, Benita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Body Image - psychology
Body image psychological flexibility
Child
Eating disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - therapy
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Residential Facilities
Residential treatment
Risk
Young Adult
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to test whether pre-treatment levels of psychological flexibility would longitudinally predict quality of life and eating disorder risk in patients at a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Data on body image psychological flexibility, quality of life, and eating disorder risk were collected from 63 adolescent and 50 adult, female, residential patients (N=113) diagnosed with an eating disorder. These same measures were again collected at post-treatment. Sequential multiple regression analyses were performed to test whether pre-treatment levels of psychological flexibility longitudinally predicted quality of life and eating disorder risk after controlling for age and baseline effects. Pre-treatment psychological flexibility significantly predicted post-treatment quality of life with approximately 19% of the variation being attributable to age and pre-treatment psychological flexibility. Pre-treatment psychological flexibility also significantly predicted post-treatment eating disorder risk with nearly 30% of the variation attributed to age and pre-treatment psychological flexibility. This study suggests that levels of psychological flexibility upon entering treatment for an eating disorder longitudinally predict eating disorder outcome and quality of life. •Role of psychological flexibility in eating disorder population knowledge•Measurement of psychological flexibility in eating disorder population knowledge•Body image psychological flexibility predicted post-treatment quality of life•Body image psychological flexibility predicted post-treatment eating disorder risk
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.10.002