Direct Experience While Eating in a Sample With Eating Disorders and Obesity

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Direct Experience While Eating in a Sample With Eating Disorders and Obesity

Joaquim Soler Joaquim Soler Ausiàs Cebolla Ausiàs Cebolla Matilde Elices Matilde Elices Daniel Campos Daniel Campos Ginés Llorca Ginés Llorca David Martínez-rubio Cristina Martínez-brotóns Mercedes Jorquera Xavier Allirot Cristina Carmona Verónica Guillen Verónica Guillen Cristina Botella Cristina Botella Rosa M. Baños Rosa M. Baños

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0301 basic medicine obesity 050103 clinical psychology mindfulness Mindfulness lcsh:BF1-990 Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Direct experience mindful eating bulimia nervosa eating disorders Anorexia nervosa anorexia nervosa 03 medical and health sciences medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Obesity Bulimia General Psychology 030109 nutrition & dietetics Bulimia nervosa 05 social sciences Not Otherwise Specified Anorexia nervosa medicine.disease Anorexia Mindful eating Eating disorders lcsh:Psychology Bulimia nervosa Eating disorders Obesitat Anxiety Direct experience medicine.symptom Psychology Mindfulness Clinical psychology

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Background: Individuals with eating disorders might be characterized by lower levels of direct engagement with the eating experience. This study aims to explore similarities and differences in direct experience while eating in four different weight conditions and healthy controls (HCs): anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS), and obesity (OB). Methods: A total sample of 143 women were recruited. Participants were asked to eat an orange slice and write down 10 things about the experience of eating, classifying the focus of these thoughts as either experiential (“direct experience”) or analytical (“thinking about”). A direct experience index (DEI) was calculated by dividing the number of times a participant classified an experience as a “direct experience” (the numerator) by the total number of observations. Participants completed the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and rated their level of anxiety after the task. Results: Between-groups significant differences were found on the DEI, with individuals in the OB group scoring higher than AN and BN, and similar to HC. After the task, the AN group reported significantly higher anxiety levels than HC, and EDNOS reported more anxiety than HC and OB. Between-group significant differences were also found for all the FFMQ facets. Conclusion: AN and BN presented lower access to direct experience while eating. Individuals with OB did not respond in the same way as the other clinical groups, showing a similar performance to HC

year	journal	country	edition	language
2018-09-07

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