Happy to write: A first study about the influence of writing on your mood
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Eating disorders, negative body image
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26341
- Lead Sponsor
- Accare, Child and adolescent psychiatry, University of Groningen, Clinical Psychology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Inclusion Criteria
Girls between the age of 14-23 who are in treatment or who are referred to the Centre for Eating Disorders of Accare and meet the DSM-5 criteria of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified.
Exclusion Criteria
-Patients who do not speak Dutch.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We would like to know if this manipulation has a positive influence on body image. Specifically we would like to investigate the<br>influence of state measures of body satisfaction, body appreciation and overinvestment of weight and shape.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In addition, we are interested in<br /><br>1) the duration of a potentially positive effect in the experimental group. Therefore, this group is assessed again after 15 and 30 minutes.<br /><br>2) investigate to what extent a potential positive effect can be replicated in the control group when this group receives the experimental writing task after the control task.<br /><br>3) whether a more positive body image (as result of the intervention) leads to a decrease in intention for food restriction.<br /><br>4) exploring to what extent body functionality in this groups correlates with other indices of body image and general well-being.<br /><br>5) Finally, we are interested how many participants after the experiment are interested in conducting 3 additional writing assignments at home and what the effect is of these additional sessions.<br>