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

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  • Ana Hernando
  • Raquel Pallás
  • Ausiàs Cebolla
  • Javier García-Campayo
  • Claire J Hoogendoorn
  • Juan Francisco Roy

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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 coping and regulatory strategies among young women with ED. This study examined the comparison between patients with ED diagnosis and healthy subjects in mindfulness, rumination and effective coping. In addition, we analyzed the independent association of those with the presence of ED. The study sample was formed by two groups of young women ranged 13–21 years: Twenty-five with an ED diagnosis and 25 healthy subjects. They were assessed by using the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) and the Responses Styles Questionnaire (RSQ). Our findings show that ED patients have significantly lesser average scores in mindfulness and effective coping than the healthy sample (p

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  • Ana Hernando & Raquel Pallás & Ausiàs Cebolla & Javier García-Campayo & Claire J Hoogendoorn & Juan Francisco Roy, 2019. "Mindfulness, rumination, and coping skills in young women with Eating Disorders: A comparative study with healthy controls," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-9, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0213985
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213985
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