title: How adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents perceive family functioning?
abstract: This study aims at examining whether adolescent girls diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and their parents differ in perceiving the different aspects of family functioning. Moreover, the discrepancy between adolescent girls and healthy controls on Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales dimensions, family communication, and family satisfaction is investigated. The study includes 36 female anorexia patients and their parents and 36 healthy controls. The results showed a different view between mothers and their daughters with regard to the dimension of rigidity. In addition, girls with anorexia nervosa were less satisfied about family environment and rated their families as less communicative, flexible, cohesive, and more disengaged, compared to controls.
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fiorenzo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laghi
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pompili
authors.affiliation: 2 I.R.C.C.S. Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zanna
authors.affiliation: 2 I.R.C.C.S. Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Chiara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Castiglioni
authors.affiliation: 2 I.R.C.C.S. Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Italy.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Criscuolo
authors.affiliation: 2 I.R.C.C.S. Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilenia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chianello
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baiocco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: adolescents; anorexia nervosa; circumplex model of marital and family systems; family functioning; family satisfaction