@article{RaithHaemmerlingKleinetal.2021,
  author    = {Raith, Anna-Marie and H{\"a}mmerling, Marie and Klein, Sabrina and Peitz, Diana and Knaevelsrud, Christine and Zagorscak, Pavle},
  title     = {Selbstwertf{\"o}rderung in der universellen Pr{\"a}vention von Essst{\"o}rungen},
  series = {Psychotherapeut},
  volume    = {66},
  journal   = {Psychotherapeut},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin ; Heidelberg},
  issn      = {0935-6185},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00278-021-00515-4},
  pages     = {275 -- 281},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Background Eating disorders are prevalent, often have chronic courses and relapses are frequent even after effective treatment approaches. Therefore, prevention is decisive; however, many of the current prevention programs are resource intensive. Internet-based interventions can represent cost-effective and low threshold alternatives but only few approaches have so far been investigated. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an internet-based unaccompanied preventive intervention. Material and methods The intervention was newly developed based on behavior therapeutic techniques and piloted in a group of 200 students using a randomized waiting list control group design. Data on eating disorder-specific pathology (eating disorder examination questionnaire, EDE-Q), self-esteem (Rosenberg self-esteem scale, RSES), and well-being (World Health Organization-five well-being index, WHO-5) were collected before and after the intervention or the waiting period. Data were evaluated based on variance analysis. Results A total of 43\% of participants completed the intervention. Self-esteem increases were stronger in the intervention group in comparison to the waiting control group with large effect sizes (eta(2)(p) p = 0.33). There were no significant differences between the groups for the other variables. Conclusion Unaccompanied online self-help appears to provide a promising approach for improving self-esteem thus contributing to the prevention of eating disorders. Investigations in larger and more heterogeneous groups are necessary in the future to identify possibly present smaller preventive effects.},
  language  = {de}
}