The present study aims to study the presence of metacognitive beliefs in adolescent subjects with eating and nutrition disorders (END) compared with a control group composed of subjects of the same sex and age belonging to the general population.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
72
Observation of symptomatology of eating and nutrition disorders, metacognitive beliefs, brooding and rumination.
Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Site Piancavallo
Oggebbio, Verbania, Italy
RECRUITINGMetacognitive beliefs
Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30; Cartwright-Hatton \& Wells, 1997), a self-report test composed of 30 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (I do not agree) to 4 (I completely agree 'agreement)
Time frame: Baseline
Brooding
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer et at., 1990), a self-report test composed of 16 items on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (not at all typical) to 5 (very typical)
Time frame: Baseline
Rumination
Ruminative Response Scale (RRS; Nolen-Hoeksema and Morrow, 1991), a self-report test composed of 20 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always)
Time frame: Baseline
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