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Family adaptability and cohesion: Relation to eating attitudes and disorders
Author(s) -
Waller Glenn,
Slade Peter,
Calam Rachel
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(199003)9:2<225::aid-eat2260090214>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - psychology , eating disorders , adaptability , clinical psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , eating attitudes test , psychotherapist , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Clinicians have suggested that anorexic and bulimic disorders are associated with abnormal family interaction. This study used the FACES II questionnaire to test that hypothesis. Anorexic and bulimic women perceived their families as lower in adaptability (rigid) and cohesion (disengaged) than comparison women. However, there were no linear relationships between perceived family interaction and scores on the EAT‐40. The FACES II is poorly associated with measures of eating attitudes but has a more clinically valid association with diagnosed eating disorders.