A protocol for unguided internet self-help cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism in adolescents at-risk of eating disorders
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Perfectionism has a strong association with eating disorders, anxiety and depression. Unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism has demonstrated efficacy in female adolescents without elevated eating disorder symptoms. No research to date has examined unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism for adolescents with elevated eating disorder symptoms as an indicated prevention for eating disorders and co-occurring symptoms of anxiety and depression. The protocol outlines the plan for a randomised controlled trial of a co-designed, unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism with female adolescents with elevated symptoms of eating disorders. The intervention will be a 4-week programme compared to a waitlist control. Outcomes on eating disorder symptoms, anxiety and depression will be measured pre and post intervention and follow-up. Trial registration: This trial was registered on 23 September 2020 with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12620000951954P).
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Recent developments have focused on adolescents co-designing unguided CBT for perfectionism in the website development phase, and parents/carers co-designing a parent supported version of CBT for perfectionism in adolescents with eating disorders.
“Recent developments have focused on adolescents co-designing unguided CBT for perfectionism in the website develop ment phase (O ' Brien et al., 2022), and parents/carers co-designing a parent supported version of CBT for perfectionism in adolescents with eating disorders.”
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- Authors
- O'Brien, A., Anderson, R., Mazzucchelli, T., & Egan, S. J.
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Egan, Sarah J.
- Venue
- Internet Interventions
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-09
- Volume
- 29
- Pages
- 100565
- ISSN
- 2214-7829 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9399281
- OpenAlex
- W4291670099
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 3.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Internet Interventions (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- perfectionism, eating disorders, internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, self-help intervention, adolescents, eating disorder prevention, anxiety, depression, co-designed intervention, adolescent girls
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