Table 5 The reported need of both matched and unmatched mentees
From: Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders
Topic | % Endorsing need |
|---|---|
1. Dealing with triggers from family and environment | 17 |
2. Managing or reducing eating disorder thought and behaviors | 14 |
3. Finding enough quality support services | 19 |
4. Lack of access to professional treatment | 14 |
5. Lack of willingness to seek treatment | 11 |
6. Lack of understanding or support from family and friends | 11 |
7. Support offered by family and friends isn’t what is needed | 12 |
8. Managing relationships with peers, family, friends, colleagues, society | 17 |
9. Asking for and accepting help from others | 18 |
10. Choosing who to ask for help | 15 |
11. Managing relapses | 18 |
12. Body dissatisfaction and poor body image | 20 |
13. Setting and working towards recovery goals | 18 |
14. Dealing with weight stabilization | 22 |
15. Following a meal plan | 22 |
16. Grocery shopping/eating out/food-based socializing | 22 |
17. Learning to name, feel, and deal with emotions | 24 |
18. Finding time for recovery amidst other obligations | 20 |
19. Setting and honoring boundaries | 13 |
20. Choosing recovery | 14 |
21. Finding reasons to recover | 16 |
22. Using my voice and expressing needs, wants, desires, and boundaries | 16 |
23. Staying motivated and committed to doing the hard work of recovery | 12 |
24. Intimacy and relationship challenges, fears, and issues | 19 |
25. Finding and expressing preferences, skills, talents, and identity outside of “Ed” | 17 |
26. Building meaning and quality of life into the recovery process | 20 |
27. Other co-occurring recovery issues with addiction, trauma, abuse, self-harm, depression, anxiety, etc. | 23 |