Seeing Through the Facade of Anorexia: A Grounded Theory of Emotional Change Processes Associated With Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Difficulties in managing emotions have been implicated in the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa (AN), and psychological treatment models seek to address this in putative targets of change. Yet the field of psychotherapy remains unclear and insufficiently evidenced about the process of change and how this is actually achieved, including in what steps and in what order within clinical treatment. This qualitative study sought to develop theory about the process of emotional change during recovery from anorexia.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were carried out with nine women currently engaged in psychological treatment for anorexia. Interviews included questions pertaining to participants' experience of anorexia, emotions, and emotion manageme

SUBMITTER: Drinkwater D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263079 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature