Date of Award

5-1-2024

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Julia Hormes

Committee Members

James Boswell, Drew Anderson

Keywords

disordered eating, emerging adult, intervention, self-compassion

Subject Categories

Clinical Psychology

Abstract

The present paper includes two studies that explored the relevancy of self-compassion to emerging adults, expectancies of having a self-compassion mindset on disordered eating, and the prospective and concurrent acceptability and feasibility of a self-paced, online workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating. Study 1 was a cross- sectional study examining emerging adults’ understanding of self-compassion, expectancies of having a self-compassion mindset on disordered eating, and the feasibility and prospective acceptability of a proposed self-paced, online workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating. Study 1’s findings were incorporated into the design and implementation of the workshop evaluated in Study 2. Study 2 was a concurrent feasibility and acceptability study of a workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating. Study 1 found that emerging adults understood the concept of self-compassion and saw its actual importance in their lives and perceived lives of their inner circles (peers, parents). Furthermore, emerging adults with disordered eating expected self-compassion to positively impact their disordered eating symptoms. Even with this understanding, indifference about participating in a workshop that would help build self-compassion skills existed. Study 2 found that an online, self-paced workshop was both feasible and acceptable to emerging adults with disordered eating. Both studies suggest that a workshop building self-compassion skills is important to emerging adults and could be protective for those with disordered eating. Future work to examine the efficacy of building self-compassion skills using a self-paced, online format for emerging adults with disordered eating is warranted.

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