Modifiable factors associated with mental health symptoms in siblings of adolescents with anorexia nervosa

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Modifiable factors associated with mental health symptoms in siblings of adolescents with anorexia nervosa
المؤلفون: Claire M. Peterson, Emily Copps, Abigail Matthews, Katrina Lenz, Rachel Kramer, Laurie Mitan, Constance A. Mara
المصدر: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. 26:1757-1765
بيانات النشر: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
مصطلحات موضوعية: Parentification, Psychological intervention, Sister, Mental health, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses), Well-being, medicine, Anxiety, medicine.symptom, Sibling, Psychology, Clinical psychology
الوصف: Research demonstrates that anorexia nervosa (AN) takes a significant toll on affected families, yet the well-being of siblings has been largely overlooked. This study examines mental health symptoms in siblings of adolescents with AN and seeks to identify modifiable factors associated with well-being. Participants included 34 siblings (aged 11–19) of adolescents with AN and 47 age and sex matched controls. Participants and their caregivers completed assessments of anxiety, depression, internalizing and externalizing problems, and parentification. Siblings of adolescents with AN also completed the Sibling Perception Questionnaire, an assessment of perceptions and attitudes about AN. Analyses indicated that siblings of adolescents with AN reported greater anxiety and parentification than controls. On caregiver reports of participants’ internalizing and externalizing symptoms, no significant differences were found across groups. In siblings of adolescents with AN, females were more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, and negative attitudes and perceptions about AN than males. Perceived negative interpersonal interactions, specific to having a brother or sister with AN, were associated with greater anxiety and depression among AN siblings. Findings from this pilot study suggest that siblings of adolescents with AN are vulnerable to anxiety and parentification behaviors. Negative interpersonal interactions specific to having a brother or sister with AN may perpetuate risk for poorer well-being. Caregivers may not be attuned to these struggles, highlighting the importance of provider and family education about sibling vulnerabilities. Therapeutic interventions that target siblings of adolescents with AN are also indicated. Level III, case–control analytic study.
تدمد: 1590-1262
الوصول الحر: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::6071dc7d3552bbaeadd654ad7909cb8aTest
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00993-6Test
حقوق: CLOSED
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi...........6071dc7d3552bbaeadd654ad7909cb8a
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE