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Att vara förälder till ett barn med anorexia nervosa: de emotionella processerna -En studie baserad på självbiografier

Fedorova, Marina LU (2022) SOPA63 20221
School of Social Work
Abstract
This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of parents’ perspective and experiences of taking care of children with anorexia. Anorexia is a serious potentially deadly mental illness, characterized by drastic weight loss and personality change. It generally debuts during adolescence and negatively impacts the whole family. In order to be able to provide adequate family support, the perspective of parents must be considered by health professionals. This study aims to increase understanding of parents’ experiences of taking care of their children, suffering from anorexia. The focus of this study lays on parents’ emotional experiences. This study is done through the analysis of three autobiographies, written by parents to the children with... (More)
This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of parents’ perspective and experiences of taking care of children with anorexia. Anorexia is a serious potentially deadly mental illness, characterized by drastic weight loss and personality change. It generally debuts during adolescence and negatively impacts the whole family. In order to be able to provide adequate family support, the perspective of parents must be considered by health professionals. This study aims to increase understanding of parents’ experiences of taking care of their children, suffering from anorexia. The focus of this study lays on parents’ emotional experiences. This study is done through the analysis of three autobiographies, written by parents to the children with anorexia. The data was analyzed by means of abductive thematic analysis as well as sociology of emotions theoretical perspective. Research indicates that parents of children with anorexia go through an exhausting emotional experience. For being able to help their children to overcome the illness, parents must first process their own emotions, caused by and connected to the illness. Parents need both a deep understanding for those emotions and professional help with emotional processing for being able to provide a good treatment for the young patients and to help them to overcome the illness. (Less)
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author
Fedorova, Marina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
eating disorders, anorexia, parents, emotions
language
Swedish
id
9088374
date added to LUP
2022-06-14 10:14:45
date last changed
2022-06-14 10:14:45
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  abstract     = {{This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of parents’ perspective and experiences of taking care of children with anorexia. Anorexia is a serious potentially deadly mental illness, characterized by drastic weight loss and personality change. It generally debuts during adolescence and negatively impacts the whole family. In order to be able to provide adequate family support, the perspective of parents must be considered by health professionals. This study aims to increase understanding of parents’ experiences of taking care of their children, suffering from anorexia. The focus of this study lays on parents’ emotional experiences. This study is done through the analysis of three autobiographies, written by parents to the children with anorexia. The data was analyzed by means of abductive thematic analysis as well as sociology of emotions theoretical perspective. Research indicates that parents of children with anorexia go through an exhausting emotional experience. For being able to help their children to overcome the illness, parents must first process their own emotions, caused by and connected to the illness. Parents need both a deep understanding for those emotions and professional help with emotional processing for being able to provide a good treatment for the young patients and to help them to overcome the illness.}},
  author       = {{Fedorova, Marina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att vara förälder till ett barn med anorexia nervosa: de emotionella processerna -En studie baserad på självbiografier}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}