ReviewJournal of eating disorders2017
Protective factors against disordered eating in family systems: a systematic review of research.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Family Meals and Social Eating Behavior and Their Association with Disordered Eating among Spanish Adolescents: The EHDLA Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Individual and family factors correlated with children's fruit consumption.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Relationship between the Family Environment and Eating Disorder Symptoms in a Saudi Non-Clinical Sample of Students: A Moderated Mediated Model of Automatic Thoughts and Gender.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Risk factors of disordered eating in adolescent girls from a community sample: a multidimensional approach.Consortium psychiatricum · 2023Article
- Examining the feasibility of a brief parent intervention designed to promote positive food communication with infants.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Life Events in the Etiopathogenesis and Maintenance of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Family Food Environments and Their Association with Primary and Secondary Students' Food Consumption in Beijing, China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Recommendations for design of a mobile application to support management of anxiety and depression among Black American women.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis systematic review aims to identify and evaluate the literature investigating protective factors and eating disorders (EDs), to establish what is known about factors in family systems that could be considered protective against the development of ED/disordered eating.
methodsA systematic review of the literature was conducted on five databases, using search terms related to ED/disordered eating and protective factors. Studies were systematically screened and included if they made reference to a protective factor within the family system and explored associations with a quantitative measure of ED/disordered eating behaviours. All included studies were evaluated for study quality.
resultsTwenty-five studies met criteria for inclusion. Ten papers made use of longitudinal or prospective designs appropriate to identify factors potentially protecting against the development of disordered eating difficulties, while a further 15 papers report cross-sectional associations between family factors and disordered eating outcomes. Studies looked at aspects of family relationships and family practices around food or eating. There was a particular research focus on the potential protective role of regular family meals. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Many of the potential protective factors identified, such as family support and connectedness, may be non-specific to eating difficulties, promoting general adaptive development and a range of positive development outcomes. Factors in the family environment around food, eating and weight, such as frequent family meals and avoiding comments about weight, may be more specific to ED and disordered eating. Issues with the methodologies used severely impact on the ability to draw conclusions about whether factors are 'protective'.
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