Title :

Affiliative Behaviour and Conflictual Communication during Brief Family Therapy of Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

Author(s) :

Doba, Karyn [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Pezard, Laurent [Auteur]
Berna, Guillaume [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Vignau, Jean [Auteur]
Nandrino, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]

Journal title :

PLoS One

Abbreviated title :

PLoS ONE

Volume number :

8

Pages :

e70389

Publisher :

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Publication date :

2013-08-01

ISSN :

1932-6203

English keyword(s) :

Emotions
Anorexia nervosa
Human families
Behavior
Body weight
Parenting behavior
Mental health therapies
Clinical psychology

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Psychologie

English abstract : [en]

Objective Although patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) present positive responses to family therapy, the key features of therapeutic changes still require identification. This study explores the role of conflictual ...
Show more >Objective Although patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) present positive responses to family therapy, the key features of therapeutic changes still require identification. This study explores the role of conflictual communication and affiliative nonverbal behaviour in therapeutic change in brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) for AN patients. Methods Ten female AN patients and their parents were included in the sample and took part in a 6-month follow-up of BSFT. The durations of conflictual communication and of affiliative nonverbal behaviour estimated by eye contact were compared between the first and the last sessions of family-based treatment using nonparametric statistical tests. Results An increase of the Body Mass Index associated with an increase in the conflictual communication expressed during BSFT sessions were observed. Moreover, affiliative nonverbal behaviour expressed by the father and the patient decrease, after a BSFT follow-up, in conflictual situations only. By contrast, no significant difference was observed in affiliative nonverbal behaviour expressed by the mother. Conclusion The present study demonstrates that the impact of the BSFT differs between members of a family: the AN patient and the father have established a new form of emotional functioning with a decrease in emotional involvement. The study of the combination between verbal and nonverbal communication can represent an important step in the understanding of the mechanisms of therapeutic change.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2020-12-29T09:11:51Z
2021-01-13T18:11:21Z