Schutzeichel Franziska, Aan Het Rot Marije, van Doornik Sanne F W, Glashouwer Klaske A, Frey Mirjam I, de Jong Peter J
Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Department of Eating Disorders, Accare Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Groningen, Netherlands.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2025 Jan 31. doi: 10.1002/erv.3175.
Recent studies underscore the relevance of life meaning to the maintenance of eating disorders. A previously conducted randomized controlled trial tested a meaning-centered intervention for female university students with high weight and shape concerns. After a 6-week online intervention led by a trainer, participants in the intervention condition scored higher on life meaning and lower on eating disorder symptoms and general distress compared to a waitlist group.
Given that the original study took place during COVID-19, this study replicated the design to test the findings' robustness.
Compared to the waitlist condition (n = 68), participants in the intervention condition (n = 63) again scored higher on the presence of life meaning at post-assessment and follow-up. Participants in the intervention condition also showed moderately lower internalizing symptoms at both timepoints, whereas eating disorder symptoms were only reduced in those with relatively high baseline symptom severity.
Thus, also without social distancing measures, the intervention increased life meaning and reduced eating disorder symptoms and comorbid internalizing symptoms in women with weight and shape concerns.
近期研究强调了生命意义对饮食失调维持的相关性。之前进行的一项随机对照试验测试了一种以意义为中心的干预措施，用于关注体重和体型的女大学生。在由一名培训师进行为期6周的在线干预后，与等待名单组相比，干预组的参与者在生命意义方面得分更高，在饮食失调症状和一般痛苦方面得分更低。
鉴于原研究在新冠疫情期间进行，本研究重复了该设计以检验研究结果的稳健性。
与等待名单组（n = 68）相比，干预组（n = 63）的参与者在评估后和随访时生命意义的存在方面再次得分更高。干预组的参与者在两个时间点的内化症状也略有降低，而饮食失调症状仅在基线症状严重程度相对较高的人群中有所减轻。
因此，即使没有社交距离措施，该干预措施也增加了有体重和体型问题的女性的生命意义，减少了饮食失调症状和共病的内化症状。
