Network dynamics of self-compassion, anxiety, and depression during eating disorder therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recovery processes during residential treatment for eating disorders, especially in patients with a history of maltreatment, are insufficiently understood. This study aimed to explore the temporal relationships among comorbid factors, including depression, anxiety, and self-compassion, with the influence of childhood maltreatment.

Method

Using Dynamic Time Warp (DTW), weekly scores from the Symptom Checklist-5, Eating Disorder Examination, and Self-Compassion Scale were analysed over 12 weeks. The study generated undirected and directed networks to identify influential symptoms in a transdiagnostic sample, comparing patients with and without childhood maltreatment.

Results

The study included 124 patients with eating disorders (ED) (97% women), mean age of 3

SUBMITTER: Kopland MCG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature