A nurse is teaching parents about family relationship patterns associated with eating disorders. Which family relationship pattern should the nurse teach that is consistent for an adolescent female diagnosed with an eating disorder?
a. The adolescent is viewed as an extension of the parent.
b. There is an overprotective mother and an emotionally distant father.
c. The mother is domineering and the father is passive.
d. The adolescent is the youngest child or is an only child.
A
One of the most salient factors associated with eating disorders is enmeshed family relationships in which the child is considered to be an extension of the parent or is viewed as a means of meeting the parents' needs. The family dynamics for males with anorexia are reported to include a mother who is overinvolved with the child and a father who typifies a strong, cultural image. A domineering mother and passive father are not characteristic of the family dynamics associated with eating disorders. Birth order and number of children in the family were not identified as factors in enmeshed family relationships.
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