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Cultural variability in expressed emotion among families of adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Article first published online: 9 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20888
Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Hoste, R. R., Labuschagne, Z., Lock, J. and Le Grange, D. (2012), Cultural variability in expressed emotion among families of adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Int. J. Eat. Disord., 45: 142–145. doi: 10.1002/eat.20888
Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 DEC 2011
- Article first published online: 9 DEC 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 2010
Funded by
- NIH. Grant Numbers: MH079978, MH074467, MH082706, MH079979, MH083914
- NEDA and Guilford Press
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Keywords:
- anorexia nervosa;
- expressed emotion;
- ethnic minority
Abstract
Objective:
To examine the cultural variability in Expressed Emotion (EE) among families of white and ethnic minority adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN).
Method:
One-hundred and eighty-nine AN patients and their parents completed the Eating Disorder Examination and the Structured Clinical Family Interview, from which EE ratings were made.
Results:
No differences were found in the number of white and minority families classified as high EE. White families were higher on warmth (W) and tended to be higher on positive remarks (PR) than minority families. High EE was associated with a longer duration of illness, but was not related to eating disorder pathology.
Discussion:
Few differences were found between white and ethnic minority families on the EE dimensions of CC, hostility (H), or EOI. Differences between families on W and PR, however, may have important treatment implications. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2012)