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Subtyping children and adolescents who are overweight based on eating pathology and psychopathologyCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 20:279-86. 2012..Further research should explore how individual psychological characteristics can be helpful when stipulating weight loss treatment programmes...
Curbing obesity: prevention and treatmentCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur J Public Health 15:561-3. 2005- Differences in eating style between overweight and normal-weight youngstersCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, and Children s Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
J Health Psychol 13:733-43. 2008..Eating styles were positively associated with indicators of eating pathology. The results suggest the use of appropriate norms that take into account the child's age, gender and overweight status... - Patient characteristics as predictors of weight loss after an obesity treatment for childrenCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:148-55. 2006..To examine pretreatment patient characteristics as predictors of treatment outcome 2 years after completion of an inpatient treatment for children with obesity... - Are two informants better than one? Parent-child agreement on the eating styles of children who are overweightCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 15:410-7. 2007..It is currently unknown to what extent the view of a child with overweight on its' own eating behaviour converges with parental perception regarding this behaviour and how parent-child agreement is influenced by overweight status and age... - Impulsivity in overweight childrenCaroline Braet
Dept of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 16:473-83. 2007..This study investigates whether or not obese children have a stronger tendency to act on impulse than normal weight children, taking into account the multidimensionality and complexity of the impulsivity construct... - Psychological profile to become and to stay obeseC Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:S19-23. 2005..The presentation will successively deal with the psychological models to explain for the onset or maintenance of child obesity... - Subtyping children and adolescents who are overweight: Different symptomatology and treatment outcomesCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Consult Clin Psychol 77:814-24. 2009.... - Ending prematurely a weight loss programme: the impact of child and family characteristicsC Braet
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Clin Psychol Psychother 17:406-17. 2010..Besides demographic characteristics, specifically motivation of the parents at intake seems an important area for future research... - Inpatient treatment for children with obesity: weight loss, psychological well-being, and eating behaviorCaroline Braet
Ghent University, Belgium
J Pediatr Psychol 29:519-29. 2004..In addition, the effects of two extended treatment programs were compared to a standard cognitive-behavioral treatment program for maintenance of the treatment gains... - The cognitive behavioural model for eating disorders: a direct evaluation in children and adolescents with obesityVeerle Decaluwé
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Eat Behav 6:211-20. 2005..The present study aimed to test whether the specific hypotheses derived from the cognitive behavioural theory of bulimia nervosa are also valid for children and adolescents with obesity... - The association of parental characteristics and psychological problems in obese youngstersV Decaluwé
1Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:1766-74. 2006..The aim of the present study was to examine to what extent parental psychological characteristics and parental behavior are related to psychological problems in obese youngsters... - Binge eating in obese children and adolescentsVeerle Decaluwé
Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Eat Disord 33:78-84. 2003..The second goal was to generate variables that would distinguish obese binge eaters from obese non-binge eaters... - Information processing of food cues in overweight and normal weight adolescentsBarbara Soetens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Br J Health Psychol 12:285-304. 2007..Based on cognitive theory (CT), the aim of this study is to investigate the cognitive processing of food cues in clinically overweight adolescents... - Inpatient treatment of obese children: a multicomponent programme without stringent calorie restrictionCaroline Braet
Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, Belgium
Eur J Pediatr 162:391-6. 2003..Nevertheless, more research is needed to characterise those children who regain weight after treatment and how this may be prevented... - Treating depressive symptoms in schoolchildren: a pilot studySandy De Cuyper
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 13:105-14. 2004..It was concluded that the protocol is suitable for European children. The most remarkable findings in this pilot study are discussed... - Cognitive interference due to food cues in childhood obesityCaroline Braet
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 32:32-9. 2003..It is hypothesized that the observed bias in information processing reflects hypersensitivity for food cues, which can initiate or maintain dysfunctional eating behavior... - Thought suppression in obese and non-obese restrained eaters: piece of cake or forbidden fruit?Barbara Soetens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:67-76. 2008..This article examines thought suppression tendencies in restrained eaters. Furthermore, the dynamics between failing thought suppression and thought control strategies are explored... - Prevalence of binge-eating disorder in obese children and adolescents seeking weight-loss treatmentV Decaluwé
Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:404-9. 2003..The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which a population of obese children and adolescents developed binge-eating disorder (BED)... - Prevalence and characteristics of binge eating in an adolescent community sampleLien Goossens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, Ghent B 9000, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38:342-53. 2009..The results suggest that loss of control over eating is a relatively frequent experience among adolescents from the general population and it is related to eating pathology and maladjustment... - Weight parameters and pathological eating as predictors of obesity treatment outcome in children and adolescentsLien Goossens
Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Eat Behav 10:71-3. 2009..The current study investigated weight parameters and pathological eating as predictors of treatment outcome in obese youngsters... - Cognitive biases in depressed and non-depressed referred youthBenedikte Timbremont
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Clin Psychol Psychother 15:329-39. 2008..However, all subjects (FD, CD as well as ND) exhibited a memory bias and therefore 'clinical status' is considered as a cognitive vulnerability risk factor for developing a depressive disorder in the future... - Dysfunctional schemas and eating pathology in overweight youth: a case-control studyLeen Van Vlierberghe
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Eat Disord 42:437-42. 2009.... - Psychiatric disorders and symptom severity in referred versus non-referred overweight children and adolescentsLeen Van Vlierberghe
Dept of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:164-73. 2009..Secondly, the potentially moderating role of age, gender, socio-economic status and degree of overweight in the association of referral status and mental disorder in overweight youth was explored... - Unfavourable family characteristics and their associations with childhood obesity: a cross-sectional studyEllen Moens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 17:315-23. 2009..This cross-sectional study explores the influence of multiple familial factors on children's weight status and the interaction between parenting stress and unfavourable family characteristics... - Attachment and weight and shape concerns in inpatient overweight youngstersGuy Bosmans
Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Belgium
Appetite 53:454-6. 2009..The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between weight and shape concerns and attachment towards mother and father in inpatient obese youngsters... - The role of depressogenic personality and attachment in the intergenerational similarity of depressive symptoms: a study with early adolescents and their mothersKatrijn Brenning
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 37:284-97. 2011.... - Personality pathology comorbidity in adult females with eating disordersMarleen De Bolle
Ghent University, Belgium
J Health Psychol 16:303-13. 2011..Assessment and therapeutic interventions should focus on this co-occurring pathology in order to improve patients' functioning... - An empirical typology of perfectionism in early-to-mid adolescents and its relation with eating disorder symptomsLiesbet Boone
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 48:686-91. 2010.... - An 8-year follow-up of treated obese children: children's, process and parental predictors of successful outcomeEllen Moens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 48:626-33. 2010..This study presents an 8-year outcome of overweight children who were treated in an outpatient program and aims to identify child and familial variables associated with long-term weight regulation... - Screening for eating pathology in the pediatric fieldLien Goossens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:483-90. 2010.... - Attachment security and attentional breadth toward the attachment figure in middle childhoodGuy Bosmans
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38:872-82. 2009..Lower levels of maternal autonomy support were similarly linked with a more narrow attentional field. In conformity with attachment theory, this effect was fully mediated by the child's level of trust toward mother... - Relations of dietary restraint and depressive symptomatology to loss of control over eating in overweight youngstersLien Goossens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 19:587-96. 2010..It can be concluded that in general, the main components to maintain the bulimic cycle in eating disordered patients operate in a similar way to maintain loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters... - Attachment and symptoms of psychopathology: early maladaptive schemas as a cognitive link?Guy Bosmans
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Clin Psychol Psychother 17:374-85. 2010..The association between attachment avoidance and psychopathology is partly mediated by cognitions regarding rejection and disconnection. .. - Loss of control over eating in overweight youngsters: the role of anxiety, depression and emotional eatingLien Goossens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 17:68-78. 2009..Longitudinal research is recommended to further elaborate affect regulation and LC... - Psychological disorder, symptom severity and weight loss in inpatient adolescent obesity treatmentLeen Van Vlierberghe
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Pediatr Obes 4:36-44. 2009.... - An assessment of internalizing problems in children with enuresisEline Van Hoecke
Paediatric Uro Nephrologic Centre, Ghent University Hospital and Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Urol 171:2580-3. 2004.... - Dieting history in obese youngsters with and without disordered eatingLine Claus
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Eat Disord 39:721-8. 2006..Convergence between parent and child reports supports the assumption that children's reports are a viable means of monitoring dieting and weight behaviors... - 'The weight of a thought': food-related thought suppression in obese and normal-weight youngstersBarbara Soetens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Appetite 46:309-17. 2006..In line with this view, the present study examines the effects of suppressing food- and eating- related thoughts in obese and non-obese youngsters... - Predictors of disinhibited eating in children with and without overweightEllen Moens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 45:1357-68. 2007.... - Cognitive vulnerability in remitted depressed children and adolescentsBenedikte Timbremont
Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 42:423-37. 2004..The currently depressed group also showed a negative recall bias compared to the never depressed group. Implications and limitations of the findings are discussed... - Loss of control over eating in obese youngstersLien Goossens
Ghent University, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 45:1-9. 2007..To investigate loss of control over eating in a sample of obese youngsters seeking treatment... - The invisible bonds: does the secure base script of attachment influence children's attention toward their mother?Guy Bosmans
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 36:557-67. 2007.... - Child personality and parental behavior as moderators of problem behavior: variable- and person-centered approachesKarla G Van Leeuwen
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Dev Psychol 40:1028-46. 2004..Negative parental control enhanced internalizing behavior for overcontrollers... - Assessing depression in youth: relation between the Children's Depression Inventory and a structured interviewBenedikte Timbremont
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 33:149-57. 2004..Those results provide support for the usefulness of the CDI as a screening tool for detecting depressive disorders in children and adolescents... - 'When suppression backfires': the ironic effects of suppressing eating-related thoughtsBarbara Soetens
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Health Psychol 11:655-68. 2006..Hence, thought suppression may be counterproductive at least for a subgroup of restrainers and may fuel eating-related preoccupations. More research is required to evaluate effects on eating behaviour... - Observation of family functioning at mealtime: a comparison between families of children with and without overweightEllen Moens
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Pediatr Psychol 32:52-63. 2007..To examine differences between families of children with and without overweight on parental control and support... - Assessment of eating disorder psychopathology in obese children and adolescents: interview versus self-report questionnaireVeerle Decaluwé
Department of Development, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, H Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 42:799-811. 2004..Even then, thorough clarification of the definition of the eating disorder features is needed when using a self-report questionnaire... - Brief report: A longitudinal investigation of the relation between a negative cognitive triad and depressive symptoms in youthBenedikte Timbremont
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Adolesc 29:453-8. 2006..The results imply that in youth depressive symptoms produce changes in the cognitive style, which may put them at risk for future episodes of depression... - Why obese children cannot resist food: the role of impulsivityChantal Nederkoorn
Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Eat Behav 7:315-22. 2006..To conclude: impulsivity is a personality characteristic that potentially has crucial consequences for the development and maintenance, as well as treatment of obesity... - Mirror exposure reduces body dissatisfaction and anxiety in obese adolescents: a pilot studyAnita Jansen
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Appetite 51:214-7. 2008..These results indicate that adding body exposure and neutral description of one's body to a weight reduction programme might be an effective way to increase body satisfaction in obese adolescents... - Resisting temptation: effects of exposure to a forbidden food on eating behaviourBarbara Soetens
Department of Applied Psychology, Lessius University College of the Catholic University of Leuven, Sanderusstraat 45, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Appetite 51:202-5. 2008..Results indicate that prohibition with exposure may backfire and increase the risk of loss of control over eating behaviour, particularly in at-risk groups of disinhibited restrained eaters... 
A multisite investigation of binge eating behaviors in children and adolescentsMarian Tanofsky-Kraff
Unit on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814 4712, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:901-13. 2007..Findings may provide an intervening point to prevent excessive weight gain and eating disorders...- The information-processing paradigm: a valuable framework for clinical child and adolescent psychologyPatricia Bijttebier
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 32:2-9. 2003..Next, we discuss the potential benefits of the I-P paradigm for the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology. Finally, we present an overview of the articles in the special section...