Emotion coaching skills as an augmentation to family-based therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A pilot effectiveness study with families with high expressed emotion.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the feasibility and acceptability of augmenting family-based treatment (FBT) for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) or atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) with a parent emotion coaching intervention (EC) focused on reducing parent expressed emotion.

Method

In this pilot effectiveness trial, families of adolescents with AN/AAN exhibiting high expressed emotion received standard FBT with either (1) EC group or (2) support group (an attention control condition focused on psychoeducation).

Results

Forty-one adolescents with AN or AAN were recruited (88% female, M_age  = 14.9 ± 1.6 years, 95% White: Non-Hispanic, 1% White: Hispanic, 1% Bi-racial: Asian). Most study adolescents were diagnosed with AN (59%) while 41% were diagnosed with AAN. Pa

SUBMITTER: Aarnio-Peterson CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947854 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature