Meaning in life in Eating Disorders patients with Non-suicidal self Injuries.

Low meaning in life it is associated to psychopathology in a large amount of research in clinical sample. However, the studies on meaning in life in people with eating disorders is scarce. Moreover, important NSSI rates have been reported in patients with eating disorders. The aims of the study are: (1) to analyze whether the participants diagnosed with eating disorders have lower meaning in life than the general population; (2) to analyze possible differences in meaning in life among participants based on the eating disorder diagnosis (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and EDNOS) or subtype (restrictive vs. purgative); (3) to study which psychopathological variables (hopelessness, meaning …