What family characteristics may be involved in feeding and eating disorders?
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Family characteristics-Anorexia nervosa often seems to occur in girls who have been unusually "good girls"-high achievers, dutiful and compliant daughters who are always trying to please their parents and others by being "perfect;" parents are overinvested in their daughters' compliance and achievements, are over-controlling, and do not allow the expression of feelings; families have high levels of conflict, discourage the expression of negative emotions, and emphasize control and perfectionism; mothers in these families believe their daughters should lose more weight, criticize their daughters' weight, and are themselves more likely to show disordered eating patterns
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