Exploring Interactive Change Processes in Multifamily Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Multifamily therapy (MFT) is a unique treatment approach that is growing in popularity for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) and their families. MFT aims to create change through experiential and activity-based content and purposeful use of group processes. Despite growing evidence supporting MFT's efficacy, there is limited understanding of possible mechanisms of change. This study explored interactive group processes associated with MFT for adolescent AN and how these processes may influence change in MFT.

Methods

A short-term ethnographic field approach was taken with observational data collected across two MFT groups. Qualitative interviews and focus groups were also conducted with young people, parents, and facilitators following each group. The data were

SUBMITTER: Levenspiel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605801 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature