The influence of carer fear and self-blame when supporting a loved one with an eating disorder

Eating Disorders
Amanda StillarAdèle Lafrance Robinson

Abstract

Carers often feel disempowered and engage in behaviours that inadvertently enable their loved one's ED symptoms and yet little is known regarding these processes. This study examined the relationships among fear, self-blame, self-efficacy, and accommodating and enabling behaviours in 137 carers of adolescents and adults with ED. The results revealed that fear and self-blame predicted low carer self-efficacy in supporting their loved one's recovery as well as the extent to which carers reported engaging in recovery-interfering behaviours. The relevance of these findings are discussed in the context of family-oriented ED therapies and highlight the importance for clinicians to attend to and help to process strong emotions in carers, in order to improve their supportive efforts and, ultimately, ED outcomes.

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May 8, 2019·European Eating Disorders Review : the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association·Gina DimitropoulosMarion Olmsted
Sep 24, 2020·European Eating Disorders Review : the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association·Isabella RobinsonPaul Robinson
Jun 22, 2018·Journal of Eating Disorders·Gina DimitropoulosDaniel Le Grange
Feb 27, 2018·Paediatrics & Child Health·Joanne L GusellaKristin Lalji
Aug 15, 2018·Journal of Marital and Family Therapy·Mirisse ForougheAdele Lafrance
Mar 16, 2021·Eating and Weight Disorders : EWD·Emma M GilesJ Hubert Lacey

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