Mindfulness, rumination, and coping skills in young women with Eating Disorders: A comparative study with healthy controls

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213985
• Publication Date: 2019-03-15T18:49:53Z
• Authors: Ana Hernando; Raquel Pallás; Ausiàs Cebolla; Javier García-Cam...; Claire J. Hoogend...; Juan Francisco Roy
• Keywords: Dysfunctional family

Eating Disorders (ED) have been associated with dysfunctional coping strategies, such as rumination. Promoting alternative ways of experiencing mental events, based on a mindfulness approach, might be the clue for learning more effective and regulatory strategies among young women ED. This study examined comparison between patients ED diagnosis healthy subjects in mindfulness, rumination coping. In addition, we analyzed independent association those presence The sample was formed by two groups ranged 13–21 years: Twenty-five an 25 subjects. They were assessed using Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) Responses Styles Questionnaire (RSQ). Our findings show that significantly lesser average scores than (p < .05). Also, our data concludes independently predict or absence women. results suggest training abilities may contribute to making likely occur patients, which is incompatible some eating-related symptoms. Further studies are needed, trough prospective experimental designs, evaluate clinical outcomes