title: The Role of Non-suicidal Self-Injury and Binge-Eating/Purging Behaviours in the Caregiving Experience Among Mothers and Fathers of Adolescents with Eating Disorders.
abstract: This study investigated the caregiving experiences of mothers and fathers of restrictive and binge-eating/purging eating disordered (ED) inpatients with and without non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Sixty-five mothers and 65 fathers completed the Experience of Caregiving Inventory. All inpatients completed the Self-Injury Questionnaire-Treatment Related to assess NSSI and the Eating Disorder Evaluation Scale to assess eating disorder symptoms. Mothers reported significant more negative and more positive caregiving experiences compared with fathers. Mothers (but not fathers) of restrictive ED patients reported more positive caregiving experiences compared with mothers of binge-eating/purging patients. The presence of NSSI in ED patients was associated with more negative caregiving experiences of both parents. Mothers and fathers of ED inpatients differ in caregiving experiences, and both binge-eating behaviours and NSSI negatively affect their caregiving experience. Therefore, supportive interventions for parents of ED patients are necessary, especially of those patients who engage in NSSI.
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Hospital Alexianen Tienen, Belgium.|Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium.|Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lies
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Depestele
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gilbert M D
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lemmens
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Hospital Alexianen Tienen, Belgium.|Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dierckx
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium.|Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Imke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baetens
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Hospital Alexianen Tienen, Belgium.
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schoevaerts
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium.|Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: binge-eating/purging behaviours; burden of care; eating disorders; experience of caregiving; non-suicidal self-injury