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JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY
Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 117-124Publisher
SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s10879-022-09555-6
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Binge-eating disorder; Emotion-focused therapy; Treatment outcomes; Beliefs about emotions; Emotional expressivity
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This exploratory study examined whether emotion-focused therapy (EFT) could change negative beliefs about emotions and emotional expressivity in individuals with binge-eating disorder (BED). The results showed that EFT treatment resulted in significant improvements in beliefs about emotions, but had no significant effect on emotional expressivity.
Individuals with binge-eating disorder (BED) often experience emotion regulation deficits, including negative beliefs about emotions and low emotional expressivity. The current exploratory study examined whether emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for BED could change negative beliefs about emotions and emotional expressivity. Twenty participants were randomly allocated to either immediate treatment of 12 weekly one-hour sessions of EFT for BED, or a waitlist control group. Beliefs about emotions and emotional expressivity were assessed before and after 12 sessions of EFT or 12 weeks on the waitlist. A repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine beliefs about emotions and emotional expressivity changes. EFT for BED resulted in significant changes in particular beliefs about emotions (Overwhelming and uncontrollable, shameful and irrational, invalid and meaningless, and total score on the beliefs about emotions questionnaire) but not emotional expressivity treatment outcomes. This pilot study provides preliminary evidence that EFT may be effective in improving maladaptive beliefs about emotions in adults with BED. Trial registration ACTRN12620000563965, 14 May 2020, retrospectively registered.
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