Erriu Michela, Cimino Silvia, Cerniglia Luca
Psychology and Medicine Faculty, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Psychology Faculty, Department of Psychology, International Telematic University Uninettuno, 00186 Rome, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2020 Apr 2;10(4):71. doi: 10.3390/bs10040071.
Adolescents' eating disorders have been explored through various conceptual and empirical models. Only recently, scientific literature in this area has more specifically investigated the role of relationships, with particular attention to family functioning. This paper reviews family relationships aspects of eating disorders in adolescence. A narrative literature review of relational issues in adolescents' eating disorders was performed. Empirical evidence of family relationships in adolescents' eating disorders confirms the relevance of relational aspects in the development and maintenance of the pathology. In particular, the contribution of the relational-systemic approach is wide, suggesting the need to refer to the family context for a better understanding of adolescents' sufferance. Additionally, the empirical contributions from the conceptual model of Developmental Psychopathology, highlighting the importance of risk and protection factors in family relationships, provides knowledge about the phenomenon of adolescents' eating disorders in terms of complexity. An integrated relational model aimed to explore adolescents' eating disorders is worthy of investigation to accomplish specific program of intervention.
青少年饮食失调问题已通过各种概念模型和实证模型进行了探讨。直到最近,该领域的科学文献才更具体地研究人际关系的作用,尤其关注家庭功能。本文回顾了青少年饮食失调中家庭关系的各个方面。对青少年饮食失调中的关系问题进行了叙述性文献综述。青少年饮食失调中家庭关系的实证证据证实了关系因素在该病症发展和维持中的相关性。特别是,关系系统方法的贡献广泛,表明需要参考家庭背景以更好地理解青少年的痛苦。此外,发展心理病理学概念模型的实证贡献突出了家庭关系中风险和保护因素的重要性,从复杂性角度提供了有关青少年饮食失调现象的知识。一个旨在探索青少年饮食失调的综合关系模型值得研究,以完成具体的干预计划。