Emotions and anorexia nervosa
Do young people with and without anorexia nervosa differ in terms of emotions and how they react to certain situations?
Emotions play a major role in young people’s wellbeing. This study investigates whether ways of dealing with emotions differ between young people with anorexia nervosa and young people who do not suffer from this eating disorder.
Background
As yet, little is known about how young people with anorexia deal with emotions. For example, in situations in which they are confronted with food, their own body or themselves in general. If we can better understand how young people with anorexia nervosa react in specific situations, we can adapt the treatment for these young people accordingly.
The research study
The research study comprises a number of online questionnaires that young people aged between 14 and 23 years old can complete at home. The questionnaires are about your eating behaviour and how you think about yourself and how you treat your body. Before completion of the questionnaires, a researcher will contact the participant by telephone to discuss expectations. After the end, the researcher will contact the young person again to ask how they got on with the questionnaires and whether they have any questions. The questionnaires include questions about eating behaviour while experiencing certain emotions, including disgust, how you feel about yourself and how you treat your body.
Collaboration
All of our research studies on nutrition and eating disorders involve collaboration with the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Groningen. This takes place within the academic research group on nutrition disorders, eating disorders & obesity.