Parental feeding practices and the relationship with parents in female adolescents and young adults with eating disorders: A case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Perceived parental influence on diet in early adolescence in the context of the parental relationship had previously not been studied in a clinical sample. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible association between eating disorders and characteristics of the relationship with parents and the parental feeding practices in early adolescence.

Methods

21 female adolescents and young adults with an eating disorder (ED)-bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa-and 22 females without eating disorder (healthy control; HC), aged between 16 and 26, were assessed via self-report questionnaires for problematic eating behaviour, relationship with parents, perceptions of parent's feeding practices at the age of 10-13 years and personality. Statistical evaluation was perf

SUBMITTER: Gruber M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7676917 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature