José H Marco1, Montserrat Cañabate2,3, Ginés Llorca4, Sandra Pérez5. 1. Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España. 2. Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Valencia, España. 3. Universidad Cardenal Herrara-CEU, CEU Universities, Castellón, España. 4. Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón, Castellón, España. 5. Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", España, Facultad de Psicología, Magisterio y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Valencia, España.
Abstract
Participants with eating disorders (EDs) experience identity problems, hopelessness, and suicide ideation. Research has confirmed the link between the experience of low meaning in life (MIL) and psychopathology. However, there is a lack of research focusing on MIL in ED. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are as follows: (a) to analyze whether MIL at baseline moderates the association between ED psychopathology at baseline and borderline symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation at follow-up and (b) to analyze whether MIL moderates the association between suicide ideation, hopelessness, and borderline symptoms at baseline and at the 7-month follow-up. METHOD: The sample was composed of 300 participants with ED at baseline and 122 at the 7-month follow-up. The participants filled out the Purpose in Life, Eating Attitude Test, Borderline Symptoms List, Hopelessness Scale, and Suicide Ideation Scale. RESULTS: (a) MIL at baseline moderated the association between ED psychopathology at baseline and borderline symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation at the follow-up; (b) MIL moderated the association between suicide ideation, hopelessness, and borderline symptoms at baseline and at the 7-month follow-up. CONCLUSION: MIL could be a relevant variable in the ED psychopathology.
Participants with eating disorders (EDs) experience identity problems, hopelessness, and suicide ideation. Research has confirmed the link between the experience of low meaning in life (MIL) and psychopathology. However, there is a lack of research focusing on MIL in ED. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are as follows: (a) to analyze whether MIL at baseline moderates the association between ED psychopathology at baseline and borderline symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation at follow-up and (b) to analyze whether MIL moderates the association between suicide ideation, hopelessness, and borderline symptoms at baseline and at the 7-month follow-up. METHOD: The sample was composed of 300 participants with ED at baseline and 122 at the 7-month follow-up. The participants filled out the Purpose in Life, Eating Attitude Test, Borderline Symptoms List, Hopelessness Scale, and Suicide Ideation Scale. RESULTS: (a) MIL at baseline moderated the association between ED psychopathology at baseline and borderline symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation at the follow-up; (b) MIL moderated the association between suicide ideation, hopelessness, and borderline symptoms at baseline and at the 7-month follow-up. CONCLUSION: MIL could be a relevant variable in the ED psychopathology.
Authors: Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez; Manuel Vicente-Martínez; Javier Sánchez-Sánchez; Laura Miralles-Amorós; María Martínez-Olcina; Juan Antonio Sánchez-Sáez Journal: Children (Basel) Date: 2021-03-22
Authors: Jose Heliodoro Marco; Joaquín García-Alandete; Sandra Pérez Rodríguez; Verónica Guillén; Rosa M Baños; Maria Pilar Tormo-Irun Journal: Front Psychiatry Date: 2022-02-02 Impact factor: 4.157
Authors: José Enrique Layrón Folgado; Andrea Conchado Peiró; José H Marco; María Luisa Barrigón; Enrique Baca-García; Sandra Pérez Rodríguez Journal: Front Psychiatry Date: 2022-03-31 Impact factor: 4.157