Naslov
What about mothers of eating disorder patients?

Autori
Vidović, Vesna ; Jureša, Vesna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Mental Health in the Region of Former Yugoslavia / Turčin, Arijana ; Groleger, Urban ; Marušić, Andrej - Ljubljana : Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, 2004, 22-22

Skup
Mental Health in the Region of Former Yugoslavia

Mjesto i datum
Portorož, Slovenija, 15.05.2004. - 17.05.2004

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
eating disorders; mothers

Sažetak
The aim of the study was to explore aspects of psychic functioning in mothers of eating disorder patients. Thirty mothers of female eating disorder patients and fifty-one mothers of females with no history of eating disorders participated in the study by completing the Defence Style Questionnire, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory and Toroto Alexithymia Scale. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in defence styles or alexithymia. Mothers of eating disorder patients have significantly higher state and trait anxiety scores.The notion of mothers of eating disorder patients as narcissistic and neurotic has been challenged. The examined aspects of personality cannot corroborate the descriptions of mothers derived from clinical observations. Some aspects of the specific interpersonal relationship between mothers and daughters are probably influenced by anxiety. The implications of these findings on therapy are discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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