Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders
This study investigated attachment patterns and mentalising capacity of adolescent girls with eating disorders, their mother’s reflective capacity, and family functioning. Girls with eating disorders scored higher rates of insecure attachment, lower attachment coherence and higher hypermentalising...
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Curtin University
2015
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| Online Access: | 62942 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/629 |
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| author | Seah, Elizabeth Jane Izett |
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| description | This study investigated attachment patterns and mentalising capacity of adolescent girls with eating disorders, their mother’s reflective capacity, and family functioning. Girls with eating disorders scored higher rates of insecure attachment, lower attachment coherence and higher hypermentalising than non-clinical girls. Although mothers’ reflective functioning did not differ between groups, a proportion of clinical mothers scored very low reflective functioning compared to controls. Clinical families presented with higher depression, anxiety, communication difficulties and conflict. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-6292018-04-13T06:34:22Z Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders Seah, Elizabeth Jane Izett This study investigated attachment patterns and mentalising capacity of adolescent girls with eating disorders, their mother’s reflective capacity, and family functioning. Girls with eating disorders scored higher rates of insecure attachment, lower attachment coherence and higher hypermentalising than non-clinical girls. Although mothers’ reflective functioning did not differ between groups, a proportion of clinical mothers scored very low reflective functioning compared to controls. Clinical families presented with higher depression, anxiety, communication difficulties and conflict. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/629 en 62942 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Seah, Elizabeth Jane Izett Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title | Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title_full | Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title_fullStr | Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title_short | Patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| title_sort | patterns of attachment and reflective functioning in families of adolescents with eating disorders |
| url | 62942 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/629 |