title: The dissimilarity between patients' and relatives' perception of eating disorders and its relation to patient adjustment.
abstract: This study aims to examine the relation between the degree of dissimilarity in patients' and relatives' perception of eating disorders (ED) and patient adjustment. Sixty ED patients and their relatives were interviewed. They completed the Spanish version for ED of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R). Patients who agreed with their relatives that their illness was highly distressful, a chronic condition and with high identity, showed higher psychological distress than patients who did not agree with their relatives. When patients and relatives had fairly positive perceptions of illness controllability and curability, these patients showed lower levels of depression and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Miguel Hernández University, Spain. y.quiles@umh.es
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quiles Marcos
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weinman
authors.forename: Ma Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Terol Cantero
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beléndez Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires