Take part in eating disorders research
Take part in eating disorders research
On this page your will find requests from people engaged in research about eating disorders, who are looking for individuals to take part in their projects.
Please be aware that these research projects are independent and not connected to SWEDA. The inclusion of a research project on these pages does not represent an endorsement of the project by SWEDA and SWEDA in no way accepts responsibility for any aspect of the project or the data collected.
Be aware that in participating in a project you do so at your own risk and that it would be advisable to be familiar with the guidelines and policies under which a particular research project runs.
If you have any research that you would like us to link to, and are based in a UK college or university, please do get in touch.
Open Research Projects
Participants are needed for a study about people's experience of pride, shame and help-seeking with eating disorder symptoms
Are you:
- 18-35 years old?
- Assigned female at birth?
- Experiencing symptoms of an eating disorder?
- Happy to talk about your experiences and emotions?
- Can speak, read and understand English?
What's involved?
- Questionnaire assessing eligibility to participate (10 min)
- Demographic questionnaire
- A 45-60 minute online interview with the researcher
For more information on taking part, read the participant sheet here, or contact the researcher, Courtney Williams: courtney.williams@liverpool.ac.uk
Recovering from an eating disorder can be especially challenging in today’s society, where a strong focus on health has given rise to various societal health trends. Trends like clean eating, the promotion of idealised athletic bodies on social media, and the widespread use of weight loss injections (often without medical need) are marketed as ways to be ‘healthy’. However, these trends can make recovery harder by promoting restrictive diets, food monitoring, and intense exercise, which often conflict with recovery goals.
Whilst diet culture’s impact on eating disorder recovery is well-researched, less is known about how societal health trends affect recovery. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring how people experience recovery whilst surrounded by these trends and the challenges they face.
This study is looking for people who:
- Identify as recovered from an eating disorder or recovering from an eating disorder, for a minimum of 6 months (no diagnosis required)
- Live in the UK
- Are aged 18 and above
To express interest or to find out more information, please contact Alice at this email address: u2631809@uel.ac.uk
Have you experienced psychological therapy for an eating disorder? Researchers at the University of Bath want to hear what your therapist did that was helpful or unhelpful.
"We are looking for people who have experienced psychological therapies for eating disorders to complete an interview or an online survey. You will be asked questions about things your therapist said and did in therapy, and how that affected you.
We want to hear from people who have experienced any kind of psychological individual/ family therapy for any kind of eating disorder, which ended within the last three years. Examples might include CBT, family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, SSCM, MANTRA, DBT, CAT, schema therapy, CFT or some other kind of psychological therapy (or you may not know exactly what kind of therapy it was).
We want to include people who had a range of outcomes from their therapy, including people who made positive change or recovered, didn’t make any change, got worse, or stopped going to therapy early.
We hope to talk to people from a range of gender, ethnicity and cultural backgrounds, so everyone is very welcome.
If you would like to find out more about the study or take part, follow
This link for the interview study:
https://uniofbath.questionpro.eu/EDtherapyinterviews
This link to complete the online survey: https://uniofbath.questionpro.eu/edtherapysurvey
Participants in the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win a £20 Amazon voucher as a thank-you.
Interview participants will receive a £20 Amazon voucher.
Researcher: Dr Jasmin Langdon-Daly, Clinical Psychologist & Senior Lecturer, University of Bath.
Want to learn new ways of coping with difficult thoughts and feelings you have about your body and how to adopt a body-neutral mindset?
Who? Young people aged 13-21 years old anywhere in the UK.
Help psychologists at the University of Bath test out an online programme designed to explore the thoughts and feelings young people have about their body and join the Body Neutrality Movement! You will learn about a body-neutral mindset, how to cope with these difficult thoughts and feelings and inspire others along the way! All by answering a few questions and without having to talk to anyone. You’ll even have the opportunity to build your own body neutrality action plan along the way!
Participants are invited to engage with a 30-minute, anonymous, online activity.
All participants can opt to be entered into a prize draw to win a £25 Amazon voucher.
Extra info
University of Bath Research Ethics Committee approval ref 5950-11850
Recruitment end date: 01/03/2026. Study end date: 01/05/2027
Researcher name: Abigail Targett at2877@bath.ac.uk
Supervisor name(s): Maria Loades mel26@bath.ac.uk & Tom Barry tb2249@bath.ac.uk
Researchers at the University of Cardiff are interested in hearing from people who have received support for eating disorder recovery
"The aim of this project is to explore aftercare interventions for individuals who have had support for an eating disorder and consider themselves on the route to recovery. We want to know whether aftercare interventions are helpful for individuals who have had an eating disorder, as some individuals can relapse, and it feels important to be able to offer people something after having treatment to try and prevent this."
Who can take part?
They are looking for individuals who are:
- 18 years and above
- have experienced an eating disorder
- who have engaged with support for an eating disorder
- Who consider themselves on the road to being physically and behaviourally recovered, along with pursuing continued recovery
More information about the study and how to take part can be found here: https://cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bmvLzPFjojiYwjc
A new study is looking for volunteers to share their experiences to improve understanding of eating disorder recovery for people with ADHD.
They're looking for participants who meet the following criteria:
- Identifying as having ADHD and experience of an eating disorder
- Have received therapy which addressed your eating disorder
- Aged 18+
- Able to communicate in English
Participants will be invited to take part in a creative activity where they will draw and decorate a life-sized body outline in response to prompts during a semi-structured interview, followed by an interview to discuss their experiences. Interviews can take place in person at one of the UWE Bristol campuses. If participants are unable to attend in person or complete the body mapping activity there is the option to do a qualitative interview online instead.
To find out more about taking part, contact: sarah2.najibgreaves@live.uwe.ac.uk
