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Staff construal of inpatients with anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Woodrow Ceri,
Fox John R. E.,
Hare Dougal Julian
Publication year - 2011
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/cpp.735
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , repertory grid , purge , anorexia , construct (python library) , construal level theory , psychiatry , social psychology , eating disorders , medicine , political science , computer science , law , programming language
The present study uses personal construct theory and the repertory grid technique to examine staff views of individual clients with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, in particular those clients who purge and restrict. Fourteen members of nursing staff, both qualified and non‐qualified, participated in the research. The results suggest that the 14 members of staff interviewed did construe clients who purge and clients who restrict in markedly different ways. The theoretical implications of this finding are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Message: • Clients with anorexia who purge and those who restrict may present with different needs. • The care package may therefore need to be altered. • The study supports a differentiation between Anorexia Nervosa subtypes.