TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Effect of aggression regulation on eating disorder pathology: RCT of a brief body and movement oriented intervention JO - European eating disorders review A1 - Boerhout, Cees A1 - Swart, Marte A1 - van Busschbach, Jooske T. A1 - Hoek, Hans W. SP - 114 EP - 121 VL - 24 IS - 2 N2 - OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of a brief body and movement oriented intervention on aggression regulation and eating disorder pathology for individuals with eating disorders.

METHOD: In a first randomized controlled trial, 40 women were allocated to either the aggression regulation intervention plus supportive contact or a control condition of supportive contact only. The intervention was delivered by a psychomotor therapist. Participants completed questionnaires on anger coping and eating disorder pathology. Independent samples t-tests were performed on the difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment scores.

RESULTS: Twenty-nine participants completed questionnaires at pre-intervention and post-intervention. The intervention resulted in a significantly greater improvement of anger coping, as well as of eating disorder pathology.

DISCUSSION: Results indicate that body and movement-oriented aggression regulation may be a viable add-on for treating eating disorders. It tackles a difficult to treat emotion which may have a role in blocking the entire process of treating eating disorders. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1072-4133 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2429 ID - ref1 ER -