TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping strategies in bulimia nervosa treatment
T2 - Impact on outcome in group cognitive-behavioral therapy
AU - Binford, Roslyn B.
AU - Crosby, Ross D.
AU - Mussell, Melissa Pederson
AU - Peterson, Carol B.
AU - Crow, Scott J.
AU - Mitchell, James E.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which participants (N = 143) receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa (BN) reported implementing therapeutic strategies to abstain from BN behaviors, and to assess whether use of specific strategies predicts outcome at treatment end and 1-and 6-month follow-up. Frequency of outcome expectancies (OE), stimulus-response prevention (SRP), and social support-seeking (SSS) strategies significantly increased by end of treatment. By 1-month follow-up, use of SSS, not OE or SRP, declined significantly relative to treatment end. Although frequency of coping strategy use at treatment end did not predict 1-month BN symptom remission, SSS use at 1-month follow-up predicted 6-month remission. Findings highlight the importance of social support to maintain treatment gains.
AB - This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which participants (N = 143) receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa (BN) reported implementing therapeutic strategies to abstain from BN behaviors, and to assess whether use of specific strategies predicts outcome at treatment end and 1-and 6-month follow-up. Frequency of outcome expectancies (OE), stimulus-response prevention (SRP), and social support-seeking (SSS) strategies significantly increased by end of treatment. By 1-month follow-up, use of SSS, not OE or SRP, declined significantly relative to treatment end. Although frequency of coping strategy use at treatment end did not predict 1-month BN symptom remission, SSS use at 1-month follow-up predicted 6-month remission. Findings highlight the importance of social support to maintain treatment gains.
KW - Bulimia nervosa
KW - Cognitive-behavioral therapy
KW - Therapeutic strategies
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1089
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1089
M3 - Article
C2 - 16392982
AN - SCOPUS:31544462995
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 73
SP - 1089
EP - 1096
JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JF - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
IS - 6
ER -