title: The role of body image psychological flexibility on the treatment of eating disorders in a residential facility.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test whether pre-treatment levels of psychological flexibility would longitudinally predict quality of life and eating disorder risk in patients at a residential treatment facility for eating disorders.
  
  
  
  Data on body image psychological flexibility, quality of life, and eating disorder risk were collected from 63 adolescent and 50 adult, female, residential patients (N=113) diagnosed with an eating disorder. These same measures were again collected at post-treatment. Sequential multiple regression analyses were performed to test whether pre-treatment levels of psychological flexibility longitudinally predicted quality of life and eating disorder risk after controlling for age and baseline effects.
  
  
  
  Pre-treatment psychological flexibility significantly predicted post-treatment quality of life with approximately 19% of the variation being attributable to age and pre-treatment psychological flexibility. Pre-treatment psychological flexibility also significantly predicted post-treatment eating disorder risk with nearly 30% of the variation attributed to age and pre-treatment psychological flexibility.
  
  
  
  This study suggests that levels of psychological flexibility upon entering treatment for an eating disorder longitudinally predict eating disorder outcome and quality of life.
authors: Utah State University, United States.
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: Bluett
authors: Utah State University, United States. Electronic address: eric.lee@aggiemail.usu.edu.
authors: E B
authors: EB
authors: Lee
authors: Utah State University, United States.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Simone
authors: Utah State University, United States.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lockhart
authors: Utah State University, United States.
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Twohig
authors: Avalon Hills Residential Treatment Facility, United States.
authors: Tera
authors: T
authors: Lensegrav-Benson
authors: Avalon Hills Residential Treatment Facility, United States.
authors: Benita
authors: B
authors: Quakenbush-Roberts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012306:Risk; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Body image psychological flexibility; Eating disorders; Quality of life; Residential treatment