A5064998616- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Infant Health and Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Physical Activity and Health
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Drexel University
2015-2024
Harvard University
2024
Washington Center for Weight Management and Research
2021
Chestnut Hill College
2020
Philadelphia University
2013
Medical University of South Carolina
2013
To determine whether acceptance-based behavioral treatment (ABT) would result in greater weight loss than standard (SBT), and effects were moderated by interventionist expertise or participants' susceptibility to eating cues. Recent research suggests that poor long-term weight-control outcomes are due lapses adherence behaviors might be improved enhancing SBT with strategies. Overweight participants (n = 128) randomly assigned 40 weeks of ABT. Both groups produced significant loss, when...
Eating disorders are among the most challenging to treat, with even state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral treatments achieving only modest success. One possible reason for high rate of treatment failure eating is that existing do not attend sufficiently critical aspects disorder such as experiential avoidance, poor awareness, and lack motivation. These variables explicit targets Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). The current study examined efficacy an ACT-based group by examining whether...
Background: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) appears to have some promise as a method of promoting physical activity. Method: This pilot study evaluated the short-term effectiveness brief, physical-activity-focused ACT intervention. Young adult, female participants were randomly assigned an Education (n = 19) or 35) Both interventions consisted 2, 2-hour group sessions. sessions taught skills for mindfulness, values clarification, willingness experience distress in service behavior...
The current study sought to examine executive function (EF) in overweight individuals with and without loss-of-control (LOC) eating.Eighty obese entering a behavioural weight loss trial (n=18) (n=62) LOC eating were administered clinical interview neuropsychological battery designed assess self-regulatory control, planning, delayed discounting working memory.After controlling for age, IQ depression, performed worse on tasks of planning control did not differ performance other tasks.Results...
Deficits in executive function (EF)-including inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, decision-making, and working memory-may be risk or maintenance factors for binge eating disorder (BED). However, there is mixed evidence regarding EF deficits individuals with BED. Significant methodological weaknesses (e.g., use of a single measure, omission relevant covariates) the current literature represent one reason lack consensus.This study compared sample overweight women (n = 31) without 43)...
Previous research has indicated that although eating pathology is prevalent in college populations, both CBT and non-CBT-based therapies achieve only limited effectiveness. The current study examined several questions related to the treatment of within context a larger randomized controlled trial compared standard (i.e., Beck’s cognitive therapy; CT) with acceptance commitment therapy (ACT; Hayes, 2004).The results two treatments were differentially effective at reducing pathology....
The purpose of this study was to assess the number pro-ana groups on social networking sites and analyze their content. A general inductive approach used Two main themes emerged from content analysis: support eating disorder specific Themes were similar across all groups; however, a linguistic analysis indicated differences between two different sites. There an absence typically found Internet Pro-ana are focused interactions, lack
Abstract Given that the overarching goal of weight loss programs is to remain adherent a dietary prescription, specific moments nonadherence known as “dietary lapses” can threaten control via excess energy intake they represent and by provoking future lapses. Just-in-time adaptive interventions could be particularly useful in preventing lapses because use real-time data generate are tailored delivered at moment computed high risk for lapse. To this end, we developed smartphone application...
Abstract Objective The most widely researched treatment for bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge‐eating disorder (BED) is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a present‐focused, active, skill‐oriented treatment. However, despite the success of CBT, many patients fail to achieve sufficient rates skill utilization (i.e., frequency with which patient practices or uses therapeutic skills) adequate acquisition ability successfully perform learned in treatment) by end outcomes suffer as result. One...
This randomized trial demonstrated qualified support for the ability of a machine learning-powered, smartphone-based just-in-time, adaptive intervention to enhance weight loss over and above commercial program.