A case–control study to differentiate parents' personality traits on anorexia nervosa and affective disorders

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ID21320078
AuthorsL Rodríguez‐Mondragón (0000-0002-2804-9813, Biological and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychology Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain, corresponding author), A Moreno‐Encinas (0000-0002-6303-0915, Biological and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychology Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain), M Graell (0000-0002-9021-1113, Section Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology University Hospital Niño Jesús Madrid Spain), Francisco J Román (0000-0003-2342-9531, Biological and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychology Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain), Ana R Sepúlveda (0000-0002-6041-2889, Biological and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychology Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume63
Issue4
Pages2099-2118
Publication date2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamily Process (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-7370 • E-ISSN: 1545-5300
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/famp.12994
PMID38520285
OpenAlexW4393114156
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited90

Eating disorders (ED) and affective disorders (AD) in adolescent population and several investigations have pointed out that specific family dynamics play a major role in the onset, course, and maintenance of both disorders. The aim of this study was to extend the literature of this topic by exploring differences between parents' personality traits, coping strategies, and expressed emotion comparing groups of adolescents with different mental conditions (anorexia nervosa vs. affective disorder vs. control group) with a case–control study design. A total of 50 mothers and 50 fathers of 50 girls with anorexia nervosa (AN), 40 mothers and 40 fathers of 40 girls with affective disorder (AD), and 50 mothers and 50 fathers of 50 girls with no pathology that conformed the control group (CG) were measured with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the COPE Inventory, the Family Questionnaire (FQ), and psychopathology variables, anxiety, and depression. Both parents of girls with AN showed a significant difference in personality, coping strategies, and expressed emotion compared to both parents in the CG, while they presented more similarities to parents of girls in the AD group. Identifying personality traits, expressed emotion, coping strategies, and psychopathology of parents and their daughters will allow improvements in the interventions with the adolescents, parents, and families

Anorexia nervosa · Anxiety · Big Five personality traits · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Eating disorders · Personality · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychopathology · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology

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