Influence of parental rearing styles on attitude towards change in eating disorders

the effect of freire’s educational model on attitude change and eating disorders in students

background and purpose: eating disorders and abnormal attitudes towards eating in adolescents، especially girls، are among fundamental problems of societies. in order to make useful interventions for detecting eating disorders and attitude change at early stages، an appropriate and capable model is required. therefore، the present study was conducted to determine the effect of freire’s educatio...

Influence of parental eating disorder on children

It is now well established that children of parents who have psychiatric disorders are at risk of developing disturbances themselves (Rutter, 1989; Garmezy & Masten, 1994). Of particular concern is that these disturbances may persist well after remission of the parental disorder. Eating disorders occur commonly among women of child-bearing age (Szmukler, 1985; Fairburn & Beglin, 1990) and the p...

Anxiety and defense styles in eating disorders.

This study investigates anxiety and defense styles in eating disorders. Seventy eating disorder (ED) patients and fifty-one female matched control subjects completed State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and 88-items Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ). ED patients were more anxious in actual situations and more anxiety prone in general. They relied on maladaptive action and Image distorting d...

Parental bonding and eating disorders

Effect of Child Factors on Parental Attitude towards Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy in Iran

Objectives: To determine the role of child factors in the prediction of parental attitudes towards children and adolescents with CP in Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used. One hundred fifty-two children and adolescents with CP aged 7-17 years (mean = 10.93, SD = 3.46) with a mother aged at least 25 years were selected using systematic random sampling. The Mother-Child Relati...