Author:
CASTRO J.,TORO J.,CRUZ M.
Abstract
Background. Studies of family relationships in anorexia nervosa have produced conflicting results.
Some authors claim that family factors are related to short-term outcomes.Methods. Perceived rearing practices, as measured by the EMBU (Egna Minnen Betraffande
Uppfostran: ‘My memories of Upbringing’) were examined in a sample (N = 158) of adolescents
with anorexia nervosa and compared with the perceptions of adolescents (N = 159) from the
general population. A further comparison was made between the groups of patients with good and
bad short-term outcomes. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the predictive
value of different variables on short-term outcome.Results. Overall, small differences were observed in the perceptions of rearing practices as expressed
by the controls and the anorexic patients. Patients with bad short-term outcome perceived more
rejection and control–overprotection from both parents than those with good outcome. In the
logistic regression analysis only Rejection from father and the EAT (Eating Attitudes Test) total
score gave independent prediction of treatment response.Conclusions. Taken as a whole, these results do not support the idea of altered rearing practices in
anorexic patients, at least in young patients with a short evolution of the disease. Perceived rearing
practices, especially ‘rejection’, appear to have an appreciable effect on the short-term outcome.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Applied Psychology
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