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Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders
BACKGROUND: There is a current and pressing need for recovery resources for individuals suffering from eating disorders. Mentoring programs have been useful with other psychiatric disorders such as addictions, and may be useful for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. The present study so...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25426293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-014-0024-0 |
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author | Perez, Marisol Van Diest, Ashley Kroon Cutts, Shannon |
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description | BACKGROUND: There is a current and pressing need for recovery resources for individuals suffering from eating disorders. Mentoring programs have been useful with other psychiatric disorders such as addictions, and may be useful for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. The present study sought to examine a mentoring program for individuals working towards recovery from an eating disorder. METHODS: The study included mentors (i.e., individuals who have recovered from an eating disorder for an extended period of time), and mentees (i.e., individuals who were in the process of recovering from an eating disorder and wanting additional support aside from their treatment team). Participants included 141 participants, consisting of 34 mentors, 58 mentees who matched with a mentor, and 49 mentees searching for a mentor. Participants completed questions assessing eating disorder symptoms, quality of life, motivation towards recovery, and treatment compliance. RESULTS: Matched mentees reported higher levels of quality of life on 7 out of 12 domains, and missed fewer appointments with treatment providers when compared to unmatched mentees. There were no differences between matched and unmatched mentees on motivation, energy or confidence towards recovery. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest a mentor model is beneficial for individuals engaged in the process of recovering from an eating disorder in the areas of quality of life and treatment compliance. Specifically, mentees in a mentoring relationship reported better family and close relationships, future outlook, and psychological, emotional, and physical well-being than unmatched mentees. Mentors reported being positively impacted by the mentoring relationship by strengthening the skills they learned while in recovery, and reminding them of how far they had come in their own recovery. The findings in this study suggest that mentor programs warrant further investigation as ancillary support services for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-42439442014-11-26 Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders Perez, Marisol Van Diest, Ashley Kroon Cutts, Shannon J Eat Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: There is a current and pressing need for recovery resources for individuals suffering from eating disorders. Mentoring programs have been useful with other psychiatric disorders such as addictions, and may be useful for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. The present study sought to examine a mentoring program for individuals working towards recovery from an eating disorder. METHODS: The study included mentors (i.e., individuals who have recovered from an eating disorder for an extended period of time), and mentees (i.e., individuals who were in the process of recovering from an eating disorder and wanting additional support aside from their treatment team). Participants included 141 participants, consisting of 34 mentors, 58 mentees who matched with a mentor, and 49 mentees searching for a mentor. Participants completed questions assessing eating disorder symptoms, quality of life, motivation towards recovery, and treatment compliance. RESULTS: Matched mentees reported higher levels of quality of life on 7 out of 12 domains, and missed fewer appointments with treatment providers when compared to unmatched mentees. There were no differences between matched and unmatched mentees on motivation, energy or confidence towards recovery. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest a mentor model is beneficial for individuals engaged in the process of recovering from an eating disorder in the areas of quality of life and treatment compliance. Specifically, mentees in a mentoring relationship reported better family and close relationships, future outlook, and psychological, emotional, and physical well-being than unmatched mentees. Mentors reported being positively impacted by the mentoring relationship by strengthening the skills they learned while in recovery, and reminding them of how far they had come in their own recovery. The findings in this study suggest that mentor programs warrant further investigation as ancillary support services for individuals recovering from an eating disorder. BioMed Central 2014-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4243944/ /pubmed/25426293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-014-0024-0 Text en © Perez et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Perez, Marisol Van Diest, Ashley Kroon Cutts, Shannon Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title | Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title_full | Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title_fullStr | Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title_short | Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
title_sort | preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25426293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-014-0024-0 |
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