Assumptions and beliefs in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their mothers. by Cooper, M, Galbraith, M, Drinkwater, J

“…All participants completed a measure of assumptions and negative self-beliefs related to eating disorders. Adolescents with anorexia nervosa scored more highly on all subscales of the measure than nonclinical adolescent controls. …”

Beliefs and their relationship to eating attitudes and depressive symptoms in men. by Cooper, M

“… OBJECTIVE: The applicability of the cognitive model of eating disorders, particularly the role of deeper level beliefs, has not yet been investigated in men. The current study investigated the relationship between negative self-beliefs, underlying assumptions about weight, shape and eating, eating attitudes and depressive symptoms in a student sample of young men. …”

Underlying assumptions and core beliefs in anorexia nervosa and dieting. by Cooper, M, Turner, H

“…OBJECTIVE: To investigate assumptions and beliefs in anorexia nervosa and dieting. DESIGN AND METHOD: The Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ), was administered to patients with anorexia nervosa, dieters and female controls. …”

Positive core beliefs and their relationship to eating disorder symptoms in women. by Cooper, M, Proudfoot, J

“…Positive core beliefs, compared with negative self or negative core beliefs, are relatively neglected in the eating disorder (ED) research literature, despite their significance in treatment. …”

The eating disorder belief questionnaire: psychometric properties in an adolescent sample. by Rose, K, Cooper, M, Turner, H

“…The current study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire in older adolescent females. …”

Parental bonding and eating disorder symptoms in adolescents: the meditating role of core beliefs. by Turner, H, Rose, K, Cooper, M

UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS AND CORE BELIEFS RELATED TO EATING DISORDERS IN THE MOTHERS OF OVERWEIGHT GIRLS by Cooper, M, Burrows, A

Working With Imagery to Modify Core Beliefs in People With Eating Disorders: A Clinical Protocol by Cooper, M

“…Clinical experience and some research work indicate that rescripting of early memories may be a useful way to modify core beliefs in EDs. Relevant constructs, as applied in the current paper, are defined and described, including core beliefs, imagery rescripting, and early memories. …”

A multidimensional measure of core beliefs relevant to eating disorders: preliminary development and validation. by Fairchild, H, Cooper, M

“…Core beliefs associated with eating disorders are likely to be multidimensional, and may not be adequately captured by existing measures. …”

Core beliefs and the presence or absence of eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls. by Cooper, M, Rose, K, Turner, H

“…METHOD: A total of 272 girls were included and two measures of core beliefs were compared. The measures were the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) and the Negative Self-Beliefs subscale of the Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ). …”

Assumptions and beliefs, dieting, and predictors of eating disorder-related symptoms in young women and young men by O'Connor, M, Simmons, T, Cooper, M

“…The unique predictive power of these assumptions and beliefs was also assessed, compared to generic assumptions and beliefs. …”

The specific content of core beliefs and schema in adolescent girls high and low in eating disorder symptoms. by Cooper, M, Rose, K, Turner, H

“…The specific content of core beliefs and schema in adolescent girls high and low in eating disorder symptoms was investigated using the Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ)-negative self-beliefs sub-scale and Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ). …”

The effects of using imagery to modify core emotional beliefs in bulimia nervosa: An experimental pilot study by Cooper, M, Todd, G, Turner, H

“…The aim was to change patients' emotionally held negative self-beliefs. Negative self-beliefs were identified and belief ratings obtained. …”

Using imagery to identify and characterise core beliefs in women with bulimia nervosa, dieting and non-dieting women. by Somerville, K, Cooper, M

“…The downward arrow technique was used to access any associated negative or core beliefs, which were examined for belief, distress and content. …”

Negative self-beliefs in relation to eating disorder and depressive symptoms: Different themes are characteristic of the two sets of symptoms in those with eating disorders and/or depression by Cooper, M, Cowen, P

“…The findings indicate that eating disorder and depressive symptoms are associated with some potentially important differences in self-beliefs. Putative diagnostic subgroups may also differ in these beliefs. …”

A preliminary study of negative self-beliefs in Anorexia nervosa: A detailed exploration of their content, origins and functional links to "Not eating enough" and other characteristic behaviors by Woolrich, R, Cooper, M, Turner, H

“…Objective: The study explored the semantic content and origins of negative self-beliefs, and their functional links to "not eating enough" and other behaviors, in participants with anorexia nervosa (AN). …”

Schema and parental bonding in overweight and nonoverweight female adolescents. by Turner, H, Rose, K, Cooper, M

“…MEASUREMENTS: The following self-report measures were completed: the Parental Bonding Inventory, the Young Schema Questionnaire-short version, the Eating Attitudes Test, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire. RESULTS: Overweight female adolescents reported more negative self-beliefs and greater belief in schema relating to emotional deprivation, fears of abandonment, subjugation and insufficient self-control. …”

Socio-cultural and cognitive predictors of eating disorder symptoms in young girls. by Bell, C, Cooper, M

“…They completed the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire (EDBQ), measures of parental, peer and media influence, and a measure of their awareness and internalisation of societal standards of attractiveness. …”

The experience of 'feeling fat' in women with anorexia nervosa, dieting and non-dieting women: an exploratory study. by Cooper, M, Deepak, K, Grocutt, E, Bailey, E

“…It was associated with distress, negative emotions, internal and external body sensations, images in a range of modalities, negative self beliefs and a first memory of feeling fat. Differences specifically characteristic of those with anorexia nervosa were identified, including feeling fatter, greater associated distress, more negative emotions, greater 'emotional' belief in cognitions, a richer experience, an earlier first memory, greater strength of negative self beliefs and a link to restricting behaviour. …”

Saba Hassan - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) by Hassan, S

“…However, self-loathing beliefs were unique in explaining some variance in ED symptoms. …”