Understanding how parents cope with living with someone with anorexia nervosa: Modelling the factors that are associated with carer distress

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-242

  Kyriacou, Olivia ^a   Treasure, Janet ^a   Schmidt, Ulrike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Carer distress; Family factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41149165703     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20488     Document Type: Article

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