Trial reportEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2016
Expressed Emotion, Family Functioning, and Treatment Outcome for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.
Trial report in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Family therapy approaches for anorexia nervosa.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Family therapy approaches for anorexia nervosa.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
- Expressed emotion and long-term outcome among adolescents with anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Trial
- Exploring Types of Family Environments in Youth with Eating Disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2017Trial
- Developing a web-based add-on intervention for parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a mixed methods preliminary study.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Relationship between obsessive personality traits and eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Pre-Treatment Specialist Interventions Improve Parents' Self-Efficacy and Their Children's Eating Disorder Symptomology Before Commencing Outpatient Treatment.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Predictors and Mediators of Outcome of a Focussed, Programme Led Intervention for Young People With Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Parental psychopathology and expressed emotion in children with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Adolescent Patient Perspectives on Family-Based Treatment: A Pilot Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Clinical Experiences Using Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Processes of change in family therapies for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Remote family education and support program for parents of patients with adolescent and early adulthood eating disorders based on interpersonal psychotherapy: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- A life lost to anorexia nervosa: A case report of rapid progressive disease and its psychological aspects.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Emotion coaching skills as an augmentation to family-based therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A pilot effectiveness study with families with high expressed emotion.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy to Improve Family Functioning in Adolescent Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders: An Initial Evaluation Via Case Series Design.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Article
- The impact of family alexithymia on the severity of restrictive eating disorders in adolescent patients.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- The efficacy of psychological treatments on adolescent psychopathology: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
The current study examined the relation between parental expressed emotion (EE) and treatment outcome among adolescents participating in a treatment study for adolescent anorexia nervosa, as well as its impact on family functioning. One hundred and twenty-one families were assigned to family-based treatment or adolescent-focused therapy. Paternal criticism predicted lesser improvement in eating disorder psychopathology at end of treatment. There was also a significant interaction between maternal hostility and treatment, indicating that adolescents whose mothers displayed hostility had greater increases in percent of expected body weight in adolescent-focused therapy than family-based treatment. In addition, maternal hostility predicted less improvement in general family functioning and family communication at the end of treatment. Findings suggest that maternal and paternal EE may differentially impact treatment outcome and should be directly attended to in clinical settings. Future research is needed to further explore ways in which parental EE can be effectively modified in treatment.
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