Shannon L. Zaitsoff, Andrew Taylor
01 de abril de 2009
Research Article
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Factors related to motivation for change in adolescents with eating disorders
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| Shannon L. Zaitsoff 1 2, Andrew Taylor 1 * |
| 1The Teen Health Centre, Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| email: Andrew Taylor (ataylor@teenhealthcentre.com) |
*Correspondence to Andrew Taylor, The Teen Health Centre, 1585 Ouellette, Windsor, Ontario N8X 1K5, Canada.
| Keywords |
| adolescents • eating disorders • stages of change • parent-adolescent relationship |
| Abstract |
Objective |
| To examine the association between motivation for change and eating disorder symptom severity, the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship and depressive symptom severity in adolescents with eating disorders. |
Method |
| Fifty-four female adolescents with eating disorders (mean age = 15.8 years, SD = 1.6) participated in this research prior to beginning outpatient treatment. Participants completed the Motivational Stages of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder, the Eating Disorders Inventory-2, the Relations with Parents scale from the Behavioral Assessment System for Children and Adolescents Self-report and the Child Depression Inventory. |
Results |
| Greater motivation for change was associated with less body dissatisfaction, more adaptive parent-adolescent relationships and fewer depressive symptoms. The association between motivation for change and adolescents' perception of their relationship with their parents remained significant even after controlling for age, body dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms. |
Conclusion |
| Involvement of families in treatment for adolescents with eating disorders may serve to enhance their motivation to recover. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. |