Development and Evaluation of a Mindfulness-Based on Emotional Eating Reduction Program
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 15
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Emotional Eating Score (EES-30) from Baseline to Follow-up
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention program called the Mindfulness-Based Emotional Eating Reduction (MB-EER) Program. The program is designed to reduce emotional eating behaviors in adults. Participants were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group attended a 7-week online program with weekly sessions that included psychoeducation, mindfulness exercises (such as body scan and breath awareness), experiential activities, and group discussions. Data were collected at three time points: before the intervention, after the 7th week, and at a 3-month follow-up. Emotional eating, mindful eating, and emotional appetite levels were measured. Results showed that the MB-EER program effectively reduced emotional eating and emotional appetite while increasing mindful eating.
详细描述
This study aims to develop and evaluate a mindfulness-based intervention program (MB-EER) designed to reduce emotional eating behavior. The program was structured based on needs analyses conducted with experts and individuals with emotional eating experiences.
The MB-EER Program consists of 7 weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 2 hours, conducted online. Each session includes psychoeducational content, mindfulness-based practices (e.g., breath awareness, body scan), experiential activities, and group sharing.
Session Overview:
Focus on How You Eat - Differentiating emotional eating from physical hunger; raisin exercise
Recognizing Autopilot - Emotional triggers and automatic eating behaviors
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Only participants were blinded to their group assignment. The investigator and outcomes assessor were aware of group allocations.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adults aged 18 and older
- •Individuals reporting high levels of emotional eating
- •Willingness to participate in a 7-week online intervention program
- •Access to a computer and stable internet connection
- •Completion of informed consent form
排除标准
- •Current diagnosis of an eating disorder (e.g., bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder)
- •Diagnosis of a chronic medical condition that affects appetite (e.g., diabetes, thyroid disorders such as Hashimoto's disease)
- •Inability to commit to regular attendance in the 7-week program
- •Participation in another psychological intervention during the study period
研究组 & 干预措施
MB-EER Intervention Group
Participants in this group received the 7-week Mindfulness-Based Emotional Eating Reduction (MB-EER) Program. The intervention was delivered online via Zoom and included weekly 2-hour sessions focusing on mindful eating practices, emotional regulation, and body awareness.
干预措施: Mindfulness-Based Emotional Eating Reduction Program (MB-EER) (Behavioral)
Assessment-Only Control Group
Participants in this group received no intervention during the study period. They completed the same assessments at baseline, post-test, and 3-month follow-up as the intervention group.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Emotional Eating Score (EES-30) from Baseline to Follow-up
时间窗: Change from Baseline (Week 0) to Post-test (Week 7) and Follow-up (Week 12)
The scale developed by Bilgen (2018) was adapted to reveal the relationship between emotions and eating. The scale consists of 4 sub-dimensions (Eating in Tense Situations, Eating to Cope with Negative Emotions, Self-Control, and Control in the Face of Stimuli). The scale is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, and the items consist of "Never (1)", "Rarely (2)", Sometimes (3)", 'Often (4)' and 'Always (5)' options. Both the sub-dimensions and the whole scale give a total score, and it is concluded that the higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the emotional eating tendencies. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 150, and the lowest score is 30. The scale has a total of 30 items and three reverse-coded items. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale for this study was calculated as .92.
Mindful eating questionnaire (MEQ-30)
时间窗: Change from Baseline (Week 0) to Post-test (Week 7) and Follow-up (Week 12)
The Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) is a 30-item self-report scale adapted to Turkish by Köse et al. (2016). It includes seven subscales: Disinhibition, Emotional Eating, Eating Control, Focusing, Eating Discipline, Mindfulness, and Interference. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Never, 5 = Always). Higher scores indicate greater mindful eating. Twenty items are reverse-coded. Cronbach's alpha = .72.
Emotional appetite questionnaire (EAQ-22)
时间窗: Change from Baseline (Week 0) to Post-test (Week 7) and Follow-up (Week 12)
The Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EAQ-22), validated in Turkish by Demirel et al. (2014), is a 22-item self-report scale assessing appetite changes in response to emotional states and situations. Items are rated from 1 to 9: 1-4 = less appetite, 5 = no change, 6-9 = more appetite. Subscales include emotions (14 items) and situations (8 items), each split into positive and negative categories. Higher scores indicate greater emotional appetite. Cronbach's alpha = .71.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
tuğba çolak
ASSOC. PROFESSOR
Duzce University