Incorporating psychoeducation, mindfulness and self-compassion in a new programme for binge eating (BEfree) : Exploring processes of change
(2019) In Journal of Health Psychology 24(4). p.466-479- Abstract
This study explores the efficacy of BEfree, a 12-session group intervention that integrates psychoeducation, mindfulness, compassion and value-based action, in a sample of overweight and obese women with binge eating disorder (N = 31). We used repeated measures analyses of variance and explored processes of change in binge eating and eating psychopathology. At post-intervention, participants decreased in binge eating severity, eating psychopathology, external shame, self-criticism, psychological inflexibility, body image cognitive fusion and increased self-compassion and engagement with valued actions. These results were maintained at 3- and 6-month follow-up. The changes in binge eating were mediated by the changes in the psychological... (More)
This study explores the efficacy of BEfree, a 12-session group intervention that integrates psychoeducation, mindfulness, compassion and value-based action, in a sample of overweight and obese women with binge eating disorder (N = 31). We used repeated measures analyses of variance and explored processes of change in binge eating and eating psychopathology. At post-intervention, participants decreased in binge eating severity, eating psychopathology, external shame, self-criticism, psychological inflexibility, body image cognitive fusion and increased self-compassion and engagement with valued actions. These results were maintained at 3- and 6-month follow-up. The changes in binge eating were mediated by the changes in the psychological processes promoted by BEfree.
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- Pinto-Gouveia, José ; Carvalho, Sérgio A. ; Palmeira, Lara ; Castilho, Paula ; Duarte, Cristiana ; Ferreira, Cláudia ; Duarte, Joana LU ; Cunha, Marina ; Matos, Marcela and Costa, Joana
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- 2019-03-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- binge eating disorder, compassion, efficacy, mindfulness, processes of change
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- Journal of Health Psychology
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85030227195
- pmid:27852886
- ISSN
- 1359-1053
- DOI
- 10.1177/1359105316676628
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology with the R&D Grant (PTDC/MHC-PCL/4923/2012). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2016.
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