Effectiveness of emotional skills training for patients with anorexia nervosa with autistic symptoms in group and individual format
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of CREST interventions in individual and group formats for adult anorexia nervosa. Furthermore, this study also aims to analyse whether patients with high levels of autistic symptoms respond differently. METHODS: Participants' self-report measures were taken before and after individual and group interventions (N = 66 and N = 62, respectively). Mixed effects analysis was used to analyse overall response to both formats and assess interaction with autism symptoms. RESULTS: Significant improvements were observed for patients' alexithymia in individual format, and motivation increased for participants in both interventions. Significant interactions were observed between alexithymia, social anhedonia, and autism symptoms in individual format and alexithymia in group format. No interactions between autism and time were observed for either format. CONCLUSIONS: CREST in both formats offers participants improvements in social-emotional and motivational domains. Patients with high levels of autism symptoms also score high on both social anhedonia and alexithymia measures, but this does not affect their response to treatment.
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- Authors
- Adamson, J., Leppanen, J., Murin, M., & Tchanturia, K.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience King's College London London UK
- Anna Freud Centre (GB)
- Ilia State University (GE)
- Corresponding author
- Tchanturia, Kate
- Venue
- European Eating Disorders Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-04-02
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 367-375
- ISSN
- 1072-4133 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0968
- OpenAlex
- W2795432285
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 5.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- European Eating Disorders Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council (MR/R004595/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- anorexia nervosa, autism symptoms, emotional skills training, group therapy, individual psychotherapy, alexithymia, social anhedonia, motivation, treatment response, socioemotional skills
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Anorexia Nervosa, Autistic Disorder, Behavior Therapy, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy, Group, Treatment Outcome, Self Report, Anhedonia
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