Children's representation of family mealtime in the context of maternal eating disorders.

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BACKGROUND: Recent research provides evidence for specific disturbance in feeding and growth in children of mothers with eating disorders. AIM: To investigate the impact of maternal eating disorders during the post-natal year on the internal world of children, as expressed in children's representations of self and their mother in pretend mealtime play at 5 years of age. METHODS: Children of mothers with eating disorders (n = 33) and a comparison group (n = 24) were videotaped enacting a famil...

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Authors: Park, R; Lee, A; Woolley, H; Murray, L; Stein, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Child: care, health and development
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 111-119
• Publication date: 2003-03-01
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00320.x
• EISSN: 1365-2214
• ISSN: 0305-1862
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prospective Studies; Child of Impaired Parents; Feeding Behavior; Eating Disorders; Analysis of Variance; Adult; Middle Aged; Male; Internal-External Control; Videotape Recording; Infant; Play and Playthings; Mother-Child Relations; Logistic Models; Follow-Up Studies; Female; Body Image; Humans