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Parental expressed emotion of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Outcome in family‐based treatment
Author(s) -
Le Grange Daniel,
Hoste Renee Rienecke,
Lock James,
Bryson Susan W.
Publication year - 2011
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/eat.20877
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , expressed emotion , clinical psychology , outcome (game theory) , anorexia , randomized controlled trial , developmental psychology , psychiatry , eating disorders , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between expressed emotion (EE) and outcome in family‐based treatment (FBT) for anorexia nervosa (AN). Method: Eighty‐six adolescents with AN participated in an RCT comparing two doses of FBT. Seventy‐nine of these patients and their parents participated in a structured interview, from which EE ratings were made at baseline. Parents were compared on five subscales of EE as well as overall level of EE (high vs. low). Results: Overall EE levels were low with 32.9% of families presenting as High EE at baseline. Ratings of baseline warmth for both mothers ( p = .014) and fathers ( p = .037) were related to good outcome at end‐of‐treatment. Discussion: EE in parents of adolescents with AN is remarkably low. Notwithstanding, parental warmth may be a predictor of good outcome. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2010