Citation

Marco JH, Cañabate M, Llorca G, Pérez S. Clin. Psychol. Psychother. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Facultad de Psicología, Magisterio y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Valencia, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/cpp.2414

PMID

31765024

Abstract

Participants with eating disorders (ED) 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.

OBJECTIVE: 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; b) To analyze whether MIL moderates the association between suicide ideation, hopelessness, and borderline symptoms at baseline and at the seven-month follow-up.

METHOD: The sample was composed of 300 participants with ED at baseline and 122 at the seven-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 seven-month follow-up.

CONCLUSION: MIL could be a relevant variable in the ED psychopathology.

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Language: en

Keywords

Meaning in life; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; meaning making; suicide risk