Predictive factors for outcome in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: To what extent does parental Expressed Emotion play a role?

ABSTRACT: In studies on family therapy in Anorexia Nervosa, family relationships, as assessed by Expressed Emotion, have been associated with outcome. Our aim was to explore the contribution of Expressed Emotion as a predictor of 18-month outcome, above and beyond the usual predictive factors. Sixty adolescent girls suffering from Anorexia Nervosa and their parents were assessed at baseline and 18 months later. Levels of Expressed Emotion were evaluated in both parents with the Five-Minute Speech Sample. After controlling for treatment group and initial clinical status, high maternal Emotional Over-Involvement at baseline was significantly associated with better clinical state. More precisely, high maternal Emotional Over-Involvement was associated with higher nutritional status, lower eating disord

SUBMITTER: Duclos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067718 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature