Parental expressed emotion of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Outcome in family-based treatment

Daniel Le Grange; Renee Rienecke Hoste; James Lock; Susan W. Bryson

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Parental expressed emotion of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Outcome in family-based treatment

Daniel Le Grange^*, Renee Rienecke Hoste, James Lock, Susan W. Bryson

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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between expressed emotion (EE) and outcome in family-based treatment (FBT) for anorexia nervosa (AN). Method: Eighty-six adolescents with AN participated in an RCT comparing two doses of FBT. Seventy-nine of these patients and their parents participated in a structured interview, from which EE ratings were made at baseline. Parents were compared on five subscales of EE as well as overall level of EE (high vs. low). Results: Overall EE levels were low with 32.9% of families presenting as High EE at baseline. Ratings of baseline warmth for both mothers (p =.014) and fathers (p =.037) were related to good outcome at end-of-treatment. Discussion: EE in parents of adolescents with AN is remarkably low. Notwithstanding, parental warmth may be a predictor of good outcome.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	731-734
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Eating Disorders
Volume	44
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20877
State	Published - Dec 2011

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adolescents
anorexia nervosa
expressed emotion
family-based treatment

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