Associations between eating disorder related symptoms and participants’ utilization of an individualized I nternet‐based prevention and early intervention program
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Objective: Flexible, individualized interventions allow participants to adjust the intensity of support to their current needs. Between‐persons, participants with greater needs can receive more intense support, within‐persons, participants can adjust utilization to their current level of symptoms. The purpose of the present study was to analyze associations between ED‐related symptoms and utilization of the individualized program ProYouth both between‐ and within‐persons, aiming to investigate whether participants adapt utilization intensity to their current needs. Method: Generalized estimated equations (GEEs) were used to analyze log data on program utilization (monthly page visits, monthly use of chats and forum) assessed via server logs and self‐reported data on ED‐related symptoms from N = 394 ProYouth participants who provided longitudinal data for at least two months. Results: Between‐persons, page visits per month were significantly associated with compensatory behavior, body dissatisfaction, and binge eating. Monthly use of the more intense modules with personal support chat and forum was associated with the frequency of compensatory behavior. Within‐persons, unbalanced nutrition and dieting showed the strongest associations with monthly page visits. Monthly use of chats and forum was significantly associated with compensatory behavior and unbalanced nutrition and dieting. Discussion: Results indicate that program utilization is associated with ED‐related symptoms between‐ as well as within‐persons. The individualized, flexible approach of ProYouth thus seems to be a promising way for Internet‐based provision of combined prevention and early intervention programs addressing ED.
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Participants in the ProYouth program in Germany prefer to use more interactive components of the intervention, such as the forum or chat sessions.
“results from the ProYouth program in Germany suggest that participants prefer to use more interactive components of the intervention [36, 59], such as the forum or chat sessions [60]”
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- Authors
- Kindermann, S., Moessner, M., Ozer, F., & Bauer, S.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Center for Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Bergheimer Str. 54 Heidelberg 69115 Germany
- Corresponding author
- Kindermann, Sally
- Venue
- International Journal of Eating Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-09-18
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1215-1221
- ISSN
- 0276-3478 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-108X
- OpenAlex
- W2754112551
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Eating Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- eating disorder symptoms, program utilization, personalized interventions, early intervention, compensatory behavior, body dissatisfaction, binge eating, nutrient imbalance, dieting
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Early Intervention, Educational, Internet
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