"We Thought We Were Alone": The Subjective Experience of the Siblings of Anorexic Adolescent Patients.
Front Psychiatry
; 12: 664517, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
The siblings of patients suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are potentially affected by a disturbed emotional experience that often remains undetected. In order to bring them a psychological support, the Maison de Solenn proposed a support group program for these siblings. The current research explores their mental representations of AN and their emotional experience in the support group named "sibling group."Method:
This exploratory study is based on a phenomenological and inductive qualitative method. Four girls and three boys aged between 6 and 19 participating in the "sibling group" were included in a one-time focus group session using a semi-structured interview guide. The thematic data analysis was performed by applying the methods of interpretative phenomenological analysis.Results:
Themes that emerged from the interview fall into four categories AN explained by siblings; the individual emotional experience of siblings; the family experience of siblings and the experience inside the "sibling group."Discussion:
According to our participants, the "sibling group" thus functions as a good compromise between keeping an active role in the anorexic patient's care and taking a step back to avoid being eaten up by the illness. Sibling-group participants retrieved a sense of belonging, which is normally one of the functions of being a sibling. It is important to note that the "sibling group" is part of the comprehensive (or global) family-based approach included in an institutional multidisciplinary integrative care framework.
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Idioma:
En
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Front Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França
País de publicação:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND