The association between deficiencies in paternal and maternal reflective functioning and anorexia nervosa symptomatology.
J Eat Disord
; 11(1): 116, 2023 Jul 11.
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The goal of the study was to examine the relationship between deficits in parents' ability to reflect on their own and others' emotional experience and the severity of their daughter's eating disorder and psychological maladjustment. A clinical group of young female inpatients diagnosed with anorexia-nervosa and both their biological parents was compared to a control group of young females without eating disorder and their parents. Personal interviews assessed the participants' reflective ability and self-report questionnaires assessed the daughters' eating disorder severity and psychological difficulties. The results show that patients with anorexia nervosa and their parents are less able to reflect on their emotional experiences compared to the control group. The parents' reflective ability was found to be related to their daughter's reflective ability. For both fathers and mothers, the less able the parent is to reflect on his or her emotional experiences the higher the severity of the daughter's eating disorder symptoms and psychological maladjustment are. The results imply that deficits in the parents' ability to process their own and others' emotional experiences are related to the severity of eating disorders symptoms and psychological maladjustment among daughters.. The study results highlight the importance of assessing reflective abilities of fathers.
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J Eat Disord
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2023
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Article
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Israel