title: Family experience with eating disorders scale: a systematic way to engage the family in treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to measure congruence in perceptions of family dynamics in eating-disordered adolescents and their parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pilot sample of 35 matched parent-child dyads completed either the Parent Version or the newly modified Client Version of the Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale (FEEDS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Differences between parent and child perceptions on subscale totals were not demonstrated, but statistically significant differences on select items were shown.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FEEDS offers a systematic way to explore differences and commonalities in perception among family members and to engage the family in treatment.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, USA; Behavioral Resource Clinician, Eating Disorders Program, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Folse
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Krawzak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescent; eating disorder; family therapy; psychometrics; treatment