2024
Trauma‐Focused Cognitive‐Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents Bullied Because of Weight: A Feasibility Study
Lydecker J, Ozbardakci E, Lou R, Grilo C. Trauma‐Focused Cognitive‐Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents Bullied Because of Weight: A Feasibility Study. International Journal Of Eating Disorders 2024, 57: 2117-2127. PMID: 39007703, DOI: 10.1002/eat.24257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive-behavioral therapyTraumatic stressClinically-meaningful improvementsTrauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapyTrauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapyPatient outcomesOvervaluation of weight/shapeSymptoms of traumatic stressWeight-related bullyingCognitive behavioral therapyCognitive-behavioralTrauma-focusedWithin-subject improvementIntrusive symptomsBehavioral therapyDietary restraintEating disordersTherapyTreatment satisfactionFunctional impairmentTreatment feasibilityAdolescentsPatientsWeight/shapeFeasibility trial
2018
Food addiction among Spanish-speaking Latino/as residing in the United States
Ivezaj V, Wiedemann AA, Lydecker JA, Grilo CM. Food addiction among Spanish-speaking Latino/as residing in the United States. Eating Behaviors 2018, 30: 61-65. PMID: 29870970, PMCID: PMC6047914, DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexYale Food Addiction ScaleFood addictionDepressive symptomsPoorer overall mental healthClinical levelYFAS scoresHigher YFAS scoresEating-disorder psychopathologyAnonymous web-based surveyFood addiction symptomsOverall mental healthMass indexMean ageSF-12PHQ-2Physical functioningWeb-based surveyClinical thresholdParticipant groupsAssociated psychopathologyMental healthSimilar findingsSymptomsWeight/shape
2017
Does your child's weight influence how you judge yourself as a parent? A cross-sectional study to define and examine parental overvaluation of weight/shape
Lydecker JA, Grilo CM. Does your child's weight influence how you judge yourself as a parent? A cross-sectional study to define and examine parental overvaluation of weight/shape. Preventive Medicine 2017, 105: 265-270. PMID: 28987340, PMCID: PMC5659758, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeight/shapeParental overvaluationPersonal weightEating-disorder psychopathologyBinge-eating disorderEating PsychopathologyParent psychopathologyPediatric obesityDearth of researchChild weightCross-sectional designParental attitudesPsychopathologyImportant psychopathologyDisorder treatmentCross-sectional studyParentsCurrent studyIntegral stakeholdersWeight influenceOvervaluationClinical attentionChild BMIChild healthRelated concepts