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Reluctance to Recover in Anorexia Nervosa.
- Source :
- European Eating Disorders Review; Jan2012, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p60-67, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Objective Reluctance to recover may explain poor treatment outcome and high dropout and relapse rates in the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). This study systematically explored what AN patients describe as interfering with their wish to recover. Method Two independent samples of women with AN (total N = 36) were interviewed in-depth using a phenomenological study design. Interviews were tape recorded, transcribed and analysed using QSR-NVivo7 (QSR International, Melbourne, Australia) software. Results Seven core obstacles were found to interfere with informants' wish to recover as follows: (i) 'perceiving judgements'; (ii) 'feeling stuck'; (iii) 'feeling distressed'; (iv) 'denying AN'; (v) 'eating'; (vi) 'gaining weight'; and (vii) 'appreciating the benefits'. Conclusion The wish to recover is an autonomously based, fundamental motivational requirement for becoming ready to change. Understanding factors that contribute to this wish adds to the clinician's toolbox in motivational work with AN patients. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANOREXIA nervosa
WEIGHT gain
INGESTION
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHANGE
CONVALESCENCE
DENIAL (Psychology)
DESPAIR
INTERVIEWING
JUDGMENT (Psychology)
MATHEMATICAL models
PHENOMENOLOGY
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
RESEARCH funding
SOUND recordings
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
QUALITATIVE research
THEORY
BODY mass index
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10724133
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Eating Disorders Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70094148
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.1097