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Marital communication in eating disorder patients: A controlled observational study

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Van den Broucke, Stephan [UCL] Vandereycken, W. [] Vertommen, H. []

In order to investigate the communication between 21 eating disorder (ED) patients and their husbands, an observational study was carried out using two matched control groups of 21 maritally distressed (MD) and 21 nondistressed (ND) couples. During some discussion tasks the interaction was videotaped and the (verbal and nonverbal) communication skills were rated afterwards according to the Kategoriensystem fur Partner-schaftliche Interaktion (KPI) coding system. Unexpectedly, compared with the control groups ED couples do not show a greater disequilibrium (between patient and husband) in the emission rate of positive and negative messages. Also striking is the generally higher degree of self-disclosure in ED couples than in ND couples, but this may reflect their experience of distress. Overall and most importantly, ED couples appear to lack some of the ND couples' skills of constructive communication, but manage to avoid the destructive communication style of MD couples.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 1995
Language Anglais
Journal information "International Journal of Eating Disorders" - Vol. 17, no. 1, p. 1-21 (1995)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0276-3478
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - Autre
Keywords Adult ; Anorexia nervosa ; Male ; Marriage ; Nonverbal communication ; Priority journal ; Self disclosure ; Verbal communication ; Adult ; Anorexia Nervosa ; Bulimia ; Communication ; Article ; Comparative Study ; Female ; Human ; Interpersonal Relations ; Male ; Marriage ; Severity of Illness Index ; Videotape Recording ; Bulimia ; Clinical article ; Controlled study ; Feeding disorder ; Female ; Human ; Interpersonal communication
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Bibliographic reference Van den Broucke, Stephan ; Vandereycken, W. ; Vertommen, H.. Marital communication in eating disorder patients: A controlled observational study . In: International Journal of Eating Disorders, Vol. 17, no. 1, p. 1-21 (1995)
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