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Perceived rearing practices and anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Castro Josefina
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0879(200010)7:4<320::aid-cpp265>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , eating disorders , anorexia , perception , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , outcome (game theory) , psychiatry , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics , neuroscience
Many authors have associated eating disorders with abnormal family interaction. However, studies of rearing practices in patients with eating disorders have obtained conflicting results. Studies conducted with anorexia nervosa patients, excluding other eating disorders, and with adolescent samples have failed to find differences in rearing practices between patients and controls. Nevertheless, family factors seem to play an important role in the outcome of the disorder especially in adolescent patients. Subjects' perception of abnormal family functioning and experience of rejection and control – overprotection from parents seem related to bad short‐term outcome. The current literature does not support the idea of abnormal perceived rearing practices in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa, but abnormal rearing practices may have an important influence on the short‐term outcome of the disorder. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.