1. The role of food in family relationships amongst adolescents with bulimia nervosa: A qualitative study using photo-elicitation
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Arthur Lecomte, Simeen Khan, Anne Revah-Levy, Assia Khiar Zerrouk, Jonathan Lachal, Jordan Sibeoni, Université de Lorraine (UL), Centre hospitalier de Jury, Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153)), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Equipe 2 : ECSTRA - Epidémiologie Clinique, STatistique, pour la Recherche en Santé (CRESS - U1153), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay
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Parents ,0301 basic medicine ,Adolescent ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Photo elicitation ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Developmental psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Systemic approach ,Bulimia Nervosa ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Qualitative Research ,General Psychology ,media_common ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Interpretative phenomenological analysis ,Bulimia nervosa ,Stressor ,Solitude ,medicine.disease ,Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) ,Female ,Family Relations ,Psychology ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a serious psychiatric disorder, with potentially dangerous complications. Family relationships play an important role in the way the condition develops or is perpetuated. The present study aims to better grasp the role of food in family interactions amongst teenagers with BN. Eleven interviews were carried out with five teenagers with BN aged from 16 to 18 and their parents, using photo-elicitation to carry out the qualitative investigation. A photograph of the table after a family meal, produced by the subject, was used as the basis for discussion. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to process the data. Our results were organised along two axes. The first describes the relationship between parent and child (the sharing of disarray about food between parent and child, food and the issue of children becoming autonomous from parents, food as a catalyser of conflict amongst other stressors). The second showcases relationships in the family as a group (the dining table as a likeness of family functioning, food at a crossroads between sharing and solitude). Our study showed that the dynamics in these families present differences from those of teenagers with anorexia nervosa, which must be taken into account. It confirmed the necessity of a systemic approach in addition to individual therapy (centred on the managing of emotions), and the benefits of creating occasions of family interaction which do not involve food to re-establish communication in the family relationships (including those with siblings).
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- 2019