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Cultural variability in expressed emotion among families of adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Hoste Renee Rienecke,
Labuschagne Zandre,
Lock James,
Le Grange Daniel
Publication year - 2012
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.20888
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , hostility , psychology , ethnic group , expressed emotion , white (mutation) , eating disorders , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , anthropology , gene
Objective: To examine the cultural variability in Expressed Emotion (EE) among families of white and ethnic minority adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). Method: One‐hundred and eighty‐nine AN patients and their parents completed the Eating Disorder Examination and the Structured Clinical Family Interview, from which EE ratings were made. Results: No differences were found in the number of white and minority families classified as high EE. White families were higher on warmth (W) and tended to be higher on positive remarks (PR) than minority families. High EE was associated with a longer duration of illness, but was not related to eating disorder pathology. Discussion: Few differences were found between white and ethnic minority families on the EE dimensions of CC, hostility (H), or EOI. Differences between families on W and PR, however, may have important treatment implications. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2012)