title: Cultural variability in Expressed Emotion among families of adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the cultural variability in Expressed Emotion (EE) among families of white and ethnic minority adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN).
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. rhoste@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Renee Rienecke
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hoste
authors.forename: Zandre
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Labuschagne
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lock
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Grange
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology