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Psychological Distress in Anorectic Women, Their Fathers and Mothers
Elisabeth Bratt Neuberg, Gerhard Andersson
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2016.05.005
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Linköping University, Linköping; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate self-reported psychological distress in anorectic women, their father and mother. In addition, two other groups of young women and their parents were included. In total, there were three groups consisting of women between 18-30 years with anorexia nervosa (AG), drug-dependency problems (DG), students (SG) without significant problems and the parents of all three groups. The diagnoses of anorexia were made according to DSM-IV. Methods: Several methods were used. The Karolinska Scale of Personality (KSP) (Schalling, Åsberg, Edman, & Oreland, 1987) was the focus of this study. Results: Anorectic women (AG) reported higher levels of psychological distress compared to the students (SG) but less than the drug-dependent women (DG). The fathers of the anorexia nervosa women (AG) did not differ on the different scales from the other fathers. This indicates that anorectic women do not have fathers with elevated psychological distress. A significant effect on the scale of somatic anxiety (KPSA) was the only difference found between the mothers, where AG was in the middle between SG with the highest scores and DG with the lowest scores. Differences in psychological distress within families were also tested showing that anorectic women differed from their mothers and fathers. We found an indication that mothers of anorectic women reported more anxiety than the fathers. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study illustrates the importance of studying mothers and fathers of women with anorexia.
anorectic women, fathers, mothers, between families, within families
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