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A Study on Online Intervention for Early Childhood Eating Disorders during COVID-19

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  • Silvia Cimino

    (Department of Dynamic, Clinical, and Health Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli, 1, 00186 Rome, Italy)

  • Carlos A. Almenara

    (Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Av. Alameda San Marcos, Lima 11-15067, Peru)

  • Luca Cerniglia

    (Faculty of Psychology, International Telematic University Uninettuno, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 39, 00186 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Eating disorders are among the most common clinical manifestations in children, and they are frequently connected with maternal psychopathological risk, internalizing/externalizing problems in children, and poor quality of mother–child feeding exchanges. During the COVID-19 lockdown, in person assessment and intervention were impeded due to the indications of maintaining interpersonal distancing and by limits to travel. Therefore, web-based methods were adopted to meet patients’ needs. In this study N = 278 participants completed the SCL-90/R and the CBCL to examine the psychopathological symptoms of mothers and children (age of the children = 24 months); moreover, the dyads were video-recorded during feeding and followed an online video-feedback based intervention. Maternal emotional state, interactive conflict, food refusal in children, and dyadic affective state all improved considerably, as did offspring internalizing/externalizing problems and mothers’ depression, anxiety, and obsession–compulsion symptoms. This study showed that video-feedback web-based intervention might be employed successfully to yield considerable beneficial effects.

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  • Silvia Cimino & Carlos A. Almenara & Luca Cerniglia, 2022. "A Study on Online Intervention for Early Childhood Eating Disorders during COVID-19," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:6:p:3696-:d:775391
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