Motivational interviewing and attitudes towards change in eating disorders patients
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.447Keywords:
Eating Disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Change assessmentAbstract
We present here the preliminary results of a research work in which, based on the principles of motivational interviewing and following the transtheoretical model of change, proposed by Prochaska and DiClemente, we designed a questionnaire to assess the attitudes towards change in eating disordered patients (ACTA.).The correlation between the ACTA subscales scores and several questionnaires, that evaluate eating disorder psychopathology, were analysed. We found that high scores on maintenance subscale was a protective factor of eating psychopathology, measured by the EAT-40 six months later. High scores on decision step was predictive for the level of dissatisfaction with own body image In addition, scores on the contemplation scale predicted bulimic symptoms measured with the BITE symptoms subscale six months later.References
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