The Eating Disorder Inventory-iII Maturity Fears Scale and Treatment Outcome in an Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorder Program

Date of Award

Summer 8-25-2012

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Hale Martin

Second Advisor

Fernand Lubuguin

Third Advisor

Malia Sperry

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

EDI-3, Quantitative research, Assessment, Maturity fears, Eating disorder

Abstract

Eating disorders present a significant physical and psychological problem with a prevalence rate of approximately six percent in the United States. Despite the extensive literature, identifying the consistent risk factors for predicting the course of treatment in eating disorders remains difficult. The present study explores the use of a standardized assessment, using the consistently validated Eating Disorder Inventory-III (EDI-3), in predicting treatment outcome. Specifically, the study investigates the particular scale of Maturity Fears (MF) on the EDI-3, hypothesizing that higher scores on the MF scale would predict lower rates of recovery and treatment completion. The participants were 52 eating disorder patients (19 AN, 18 BN, and 15 EDNOS), consecutively admitted to a five-month long intensive outpatient program (IOP). The participants completed an EDI-3 self-report at pre and post treatment, and their score on the MF scale did not show a significant predictive relationship to treatment completion or change in symptoms, as measured by the Eating Disorder Risk Composite (EDRC) scale on the EDI-3. This finding primarily suggests that maturity fears are not a significant predictive factor in an outpatient setting with adults, as compared to previous studies that found a relationship between maturity fears and treatment outcome, primarily with adolescent and inpatient populations.

Copyright Date

7-13-2012

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Alicia R. Goffredi

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

34 pgs

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