Metacognitive Beliefs in Adolescents With Eating and Nutrition Disorders
ConditionFeeding and Eating Disorders
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age12-17
SponsorIstituto Auxologico Italiano
About this trial
The present study aims to study the presence of metacognitive beliefs in adolescent subjects with eating and nutrition disorders (END) compared with a control group composed of subjects of the same sex and age belonging to the general population.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Female sex
Age: 12 to 17 years
Italian nationality
Diagnosis relating to the END framework according to the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Disqualifiers
Absence of signed Informed Consent
Female sex
Age: 12 to 17 years
Italian nationality
Trial population
36 patients aged between 12 and 17 years, females, of Italian nationality, who present a diagnosis relating to the END framework according to the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). These patients will be compared with a control group made up of 36 subjects of the same sex, age, and nationality, belonging to the general population.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Observation of several factors involved in eating and nutrition disorders
Other interventionObservation of symptomatology of eating and nutrition disorders, metacognitive beliefs, brooding and rumination.
Treatment groups
72 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Eating and nutrition disorders (END)1 intervention
Group B: Control group1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Metacognitive beliefs
Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30; Cartwright-Hatton \& Wells, 1997), a self-report test composed of 30 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (I do not agree) to 4 (I completely agree 'agreement)
Time frame
Baseline2
Brooding
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer et at., 1990), a self-report test composed of 16 items on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (not at all typical) to 5 (very typical)
Time frame
Baseline3
Rumination
Ruminative Response Scale (RRS; Nolen-Hoeksema and Morrow, 1991), a self-report test composed of 20 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always)
Time frame
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