This trial aims at comparing three group treatments designed for eating disorders: a Cognitive-dissonance, a Mindfulness and a Person-centered based programs. Women with eating disorders will be recruited and randomized to one of the three programs. Participants will complete a pretest, a posttest, a 3-months follow-up and a 1-year follow-up. This trial aims to compare the programs to analyze the specific dimensions upon which each program acts. The investigators therefore made hypotheses according to the programs' theory: participants in the Cognitive-dissonance based program should experience a greater decrease in eating disorders symptoms, thin-ideal internalization and body dissatisfaction and a greater improvement in quality of life than other participants. Participants in the Mindfulness-based program should show a greater improvement in negative affect and in equanimity than other participants. Participants in the Person-Centered based program should report a greater increase in congruence than other participants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
The first four sessions focus on body image and the last four sessions on eating behavior.
The sessions focus on different contents as body image, eating behavior and emotion regulation.
The sessions are not structured. Participants can bring any subject they need to talk.
Association Endat
Paris, France
Mean change in The Eating Disorders Diagnostic Interview from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 276. A higher score means a worse outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 42. A higher score means a worse outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in the subscale "Body dissatisfaction" from the scale Eating disorders inventory-2 from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 27. A higher score means a worse outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 150. A higher score means a worse outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in the World Health Organization Quality Of Life Scale from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 20. A higher score means a better outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in the Strathclyde Inventory measuring congruence from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 4. A higher score means a better outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
Mean change in the Equanimity scale from pretest to 1-year follow-up
The minimum of the scale is 0 and the maximum is 7. A higher score means a better outcome.
Time frame: From pretest to 1-year follow-up
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