ReviewNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2014
Social support networks and eating disorders: an integrative review of the literature.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Family member's perceived impact of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa on family dynamics: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Pooled it
- Social Support and Locus of Control in Subclinical Eating-Disorder Tendencies in a Romania-Based Convenience Sample.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- "We're on the journey now together": a qualitative examination of "close others'" perspectives on barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "She's loved me at all sizes": the role of the human-animal bond in eating disorder experiences and treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "My eating disorder story": an interpretative phenomenological analysis of social media, narrative identity, and patient influencers in eating disorder recovery.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "It didn't feel like they cared": exploring factors that influence privacy and disclosure in disordered eating and eating disorders (DEEDs).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Informal caregiver uncertainty: exploring the presence of uncertainty in eating disorder Reddit posts.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Sound effects on body perception vary with the social support network of individuals.iScience · 2025Article
- Exploring the relationship between peer attachment, and disordered eating behaviours and body dissatisfaction in adolescence: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- A way of relating to life; myself and others - a thematic analysis of patients' experience of having an eating disorder.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Efficacy of non-pharmacological treatments in pediatric MASLD: a review of the literature.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Discovering a "sense of community": patient experiences of connection in intentionally remote eating disorder care.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Perspectives of Children and Adolescents on Engaging With a Web-Based Mental Health Program: Focus Group Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Social safeness and eating disorder symptoms: a correlational study exploring associations of social safeness, eating disorder symptoms, social support and shame in a non-clinical young adult sample.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Fact-finding survey by systematic review of active support groups accepting people with eating disorders in Japan.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Article
- The cost of the perfect body: influence mechanism of internalization of media appearance ideals on eating disorder tendencies in adolescents.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Eating disorder symptoms among children and adolescents in Germany before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Disparities in eating disorder symptoms and mental healthcare engagement prior to and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a national study of US college students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- History of pre-pregnancy maternal symptoms of binge eating and childhood behavioral problems in girls and boys.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The experiential perspectives of siblings and partners caring for a loved one with an eating disorder in the UK.BJPsych open · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsThis study aimed to analyze the scientific literature about social networks and social support in eating disorders (ED).
methodsBy combining keywords, an integrative review was performed. It included publications from 2006-2013, retrieved from the MEDLINE, LILACS, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases. The selection of articles was based on preestablished inclusion and exclusion criteria.
resultsA total of 24 articles were selected for data extraction. There was a predominance of studies that used nonexperimental and descriptive designs, and which were published in international journals. This review provided evidence of the fact that fully consolidated literature regarding social support and social networks in patients with ED is not available, given the small number of studies dedicated to the subject. We identified evidence that the family social network of patients with ED has been widely explored by the literature, although there is a lack of studies about other networks and sources of social support outside the family.
conclusionThe evidence presented in this study shows the need to include other social networks in health care. This expansion beyond family networks would include significant others - such as friends, colleagues, neighbors, people from religious groups, among others - who could help the individual coping with the disorder. The study also highlights the need for future research on this topic, as well as a need for greater investment in publications on the various dimensions of social support and social networks.
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