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An eating disorder-specific model of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-ED): Causal pathways and treatment implications

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Rieger, Elizabeth, Van Buren, Dorothy J., Bishop, Monica, Tanofsky-Kraff, Marian, Welch, Robinson, Wilfley, Denise E.·2010·Clinical Psychology Review

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Several studies support the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in the treatment of eating disorders. Treatment outcomes are likely to be augmented through a greater understanding, and hence treatment targeting, of the mechanisms whereby IPT induces therapeutic gains. To this end, the present paper seeks to develop a theoretical model of IPT in the context of eating disorders (IPT-ED). After providing a brief description of IPT, the IPT-ED model is presented and research supporting its theorized mechanisms is summarized. This model proposes that negative social evaluation plays a pivotal role as both a cause (via its detrimental impact on self evaluation and associated affect) and consequence of eating disorder symptoms. In the final section, key eating disorder constructs (namely, the developmental period of adolescence, clinical perfectionism, cognitive dysfunction, and affect regulation) are re-interpreted from the standpoint of negative social evaluation thereby further explicating IPT's efficacy as an intervention for individuals with an eating disorder.

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Authors
Rieger, E., Van Buren, D. J., Bishop, M., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Welch, R., & Wilfley, D. E.
Affiliations
  • Australian National University (AU)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Rieger, Elizabeth
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-06
Volume
30
Issue
4
Pages
400-410
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2073773509
Cited by
279
References
154
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FWCI
1.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
interpersonal psychotherapy, eating disorders, self-assessment, emotion regulation, clinical perfectionism, cognitive impairment, adolescent development, therapeutic mechanisms, causal pathways
MeSH terms
Affect, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Models, Psychological, Psychotherapy, Self Concept, Social Perception

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