Current Research Projects
App-based Compassionate Appetite Awareness Training Study (A-CAAT)- CURRENTLY RECRUITING
The HEWS Lab at Emory is currently recruiting participants for a brief mobile app intervention designed to help individuals who struggle with overeating. This is a non-dieting approach to changing eating behaviors. Participation is completely virtual and will consist of one 30-45 minute virtual study visit (weekend time slots available) as well as questionnaires (3-4 hours spread over 6 weeks), and daily app use (10 minutes per day for 3 weeks). Participants will receive up to $60 in gift cards to Amazon or Target to compensate for their time.
Eligible participants must be between the ages of 18 and 45, have an iPhone, and currently be experiencing concerns about overeating (for example, concerned about how to manage overeating in response to stress).
Interested participants can use this link to complete a brief screening survey to determine eligibility: https://redcap.emory.edu/surveys/?s=7PM3LKY7KY
OR email the study team at ACAATStudy@gmail.com for more information
The HEWS Lab at Emory is currently recruiting participants for a brief mobile app intervention designed to help individuals who struggle with overeating. This is a non-dieting approach to changing eating behaviors. Participation is completely virtual and will consist of one 30-45 minute virtual study visit (weekend time slots available) as well as questionnaires (3-4 hours spread over 6 weeks), and daily app use (10 minutes per day for 3 weeks). Participants will receive up to $60 in gift cards to Amazon or Target to compensate for their time.
Eligible participants must be between the ages of 18 and 45, have an iPhone, and currently be experiencing concerns about overeating (for example, concerned about how to manage overeating in response to stress).
Interested participants can use this link to complete a brief screening survey to determine eligibility: https://redcap.emory.edu/surveys/?s=7PM3LKY7KY
OR email the study team at ACAATStudy@gmail.com for more information
Collaboration with Camp Strong4Life (a youth obesity camp)
Our lab is involved in an ongoing collaboration with Camp Strong4Life, a residential camp for overweight and obese youth directed by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. We are collecting data from campers and their parents to evaluate and improve the program, as well as to study changes in disordered eating and familial (e.g., parental feeding and restriction) variables with camp participation. Data from this population is also being used to develop and validate a measure our lab has developed called the Appetite Awareness Scale for Children (AAS-C), to assess children’s sensitivity to internal appetite cues.
Our lab is involved in an ongoing collaboration with Camp Strong4Life, a residential camp for overweight and obese youth directed by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. We are collecting data from campers and their parents to evaluate and improve the program, as well as to study changes in disordered eating and familial (e.g., parental feeding and restriction) variables with camp participation. Data from this population is also being used to develop and validate a measure our lab has developed called the Appetite Awareness Scale for Children (AAS-C), to assess children’s sensitivity to internal appetite cues.
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
The HEWS lab is currently initiating several studies with adolescents receiving bariatric surgery at the Health4Life Clinic, an outpatient clinic at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for overweight and obese youth. One study will assess psychosocial and eating-related predictors of weight loss success from surgery, as well as changes in these variables with weight loss surgery. Another study in the works will pilot the effectiveness of an appetite monitoring smartphone app at improving adolescents’ long-term weight loss outcomes following surgery.
The HEWS lab is currently initiating several studies with adolescents receiving bariatric surgery at the Health4Life Clinic, an outpatient clinic at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for overweight and obese youth. One study will assess psychosocial and eating-related predictors of weight loss success from surgery, as well as changes in these variables with weight loss surgery. Another study in the works will pilot the effectiveness of an appetite monitoring smartphone app at improving adolescents’ long-term weight loss outcomes following surgery.
Body Image Intervention Study - NO LONGER RECRUITING
The HEWS Lab at Emory is currently recruiting participants for a body image intervention study. Eligible participants must identify as female, be between the ages of 18 and ~25 (inclusive), and currently be experiencing body image concerns (i.e., feelings of dissatisfaction with or negative self-critical thinking about one’s body weight, body shape, and/or physical appearance). Participants will receive strategies to improve their body image and a $25 amazon.com gift card to compensate for their time. Only one study visit is required and weekend time slots are available.
Email aubrey.toole@emory.edu if interested!
The HEWS Lab at Emory is currently recruiting participants for a body image intervention study. Eligible participants must identify as female, be between the ages of 18 and ~25 (inclusive), and currently be experiencing body image concerns (i.e., feelings of dissatisfaction with or negative self-critical thinking about one’s body weight, body shape, and/or physical appearance). Participants will receive strategies to improve their body image and a $25 amazon.com gift card to compensate for their time. Only one study visit is required and weekend time slots are available.
Email aubrey.toole@emory.edu if interested!
Mindful Eating Coach App Study - NO LONGER RECRUITING
The HEWS lab is currently recruiting female Emory students (undergraduate and graduate) to participate in a study testing a novel iPhone app that teaches mindful eating. Study participation spans 6 weeks and consists of two laboratory visits 3 weeks apart, completion of follow-up questionnaires, and use of the app for at least 3 weeks. Half of participants in the study will be randomly assigned to start using the app immediately, and the other half will start after 3 weeks. We estimate that using the app will require about 10 minutes of time per day, and that the other study procedures combined will take approximately 3 hours. Women who are concerned about their eating or ability to manage their weight and are interested in participating should contact Meg Martinez at mmart28@emory.edu for more details.
Recent Publications
Hampton, J., Mekawi, Y., & Miller, A. B. (2016). Recruiting and retaining minority students: Specific programming for clinical psychology programs. Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology Fall Newsletter.
http://www.sscpweb.org/resources/PDFs/Newsletter/2016%20new/Clinical%20Science%2019(3)%20Fall%202016.pdf
http://www.sscpweb.org/resources/PDFs/Newsletter/2016%20new/Clinical%20Science%2019(3)%20Fall%202016.pdf
Toole, A. M., & Craighead, L. W. (2016). Brief self-compassion meditation training for body image distress in young adult women. Body Image, 19, 104-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.09.001
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144515300759
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144515300759
Martinez, M. A., & Craighead, L. W. (2015). Toward person(ality)-centered treatment: How consideration of personality and individual differences in Anorexia Nervosa may improve treatment outcome. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 22(3), 296-314. DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12111
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cpsp.12111/abstract
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cpsp.12111/abstract
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