Parenting Stress in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Differential Stress in Mothers and Fathers During Inpatient Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric disorder that impacts both the adolescents themselves and their parents. Parenting stress is associated with impaired mental health of parents and poorer treatment outcomes for their children. Understanding the course of parenting stress during inpatient treatment and differences between mothers and fathers is important to improve AN treatment and (long term) outcome.

Method

Within a longitudinal controlled design, parents of adolescents with AN are compared to healthy children (HC) at three time points during and after their daughters' inpatient treatment (T1 = admission, T2 = discharge/+4 months, T3 = 6-month follow-up) regarding parenting stress. Mothers (T1: AN n = 29, HC n = 25; T3 (after dropout): AN n = 11, HC n 

SUBMITTER: Stonawski V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703218 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature