title: Participant reactions to a cognitive-behavioral guided self-help program for binge eating: developing criteria for program evaluation.
abstract: This article evaluates the effectiveness of a telephone-based guided self-help program for women who binge eat. We report how key program components (e.g., phone sessions, the self-help book) contribute to the four self-help goals identified in the clinical literature: (1) decrease isolation/increase support; (2) increase knowledge of the problem; (3) broaden coping skills; and (4) improve self-esteem. Using the example of our feasibility study, we illustrate that even minimal interventions create a relational context which can promote entry into and engagement with treatment. We conclude that program evaluation should include not only traditional measures of outcome (e.g., reduction in symptomatology), but utilize outcome measures related to the specific goals of minimal interventions (e.g., changes in help-seeking behavior).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0408, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garvin
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Striegel-Moore
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome