ArticlePsychology and psychotherapy2022
Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory.
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- Critically Exploring Self-Harm Through Lived Experience Perspectives: A Survivor-Controlled Integrative Review Employing Participatory Methodology.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Review
- Childhood trauma, emotions, and the eating disorder voice.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- 'Why can't you just be fine?': An autoethnography of self-harm from a lived experience and nursing perspective.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2026Article
- The Battle Within: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of the Experience of the Eating Disorder Voice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Anorexia Nervosa in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A Causality Dilemma.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The relationship between shame, perfectionism and Anorexia Nervosa: A grounded theory study.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2023Article
- Belief Inflexibility and Cognitive Biases in Anorexia Nervosa-The Role of the Bias against Disconfirmatory Evidence and Its Clinical and Neuropsychological Correlates.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Life Events in the Etiopathogenesis and Maintenance of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2022Article
- A Grounded Theory Construction of the eSports Endogenous Drive Model.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) describe their disorder as being represented by an internal 'anorexic voice' (AV). Previous studies have identified associations between eating psychopathology and multifarious forms of adverse life experiences.
aimsThis study explores the relationship between adverse experiences in childhood and the development of the AV. MATERIALS AND
methodsTwelve women who had the experience of the AV in the context of a diagnosis of AN took part in semi-structured interviews. The interview data were analysed using a constructivist grounded theory methodology.
resultsParticipants recalled feeling unsafe in a variety of relationships and a theory was constructed in which the AV provides a sense of conditional safety, becoming increasingly hostile and belittling when it is disobeyed, revealing similar characteristics to abusers and bullies in childhood. DISCUSSION: Findings are related to the broader literature on the link between trauma and eating disorders, and to existing theories of internal voices.
conclusionsThe findings have implications for a trauma-focused approach when working with the AV.
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