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- Research on fathers' involvement in treating adolescent anorexia nervosa is limited; this study compares mothers' and fathers' experiences and effectiveness in a parental skills training program.
- * The study included 91 parent pairs who completed an 8-week skills training, measuring factors like psychological distress and caregiver skills before and after the program.
- * Results indicated that fathers generally experienced less psychological and emotional burden than mothers, and both parents benefited similarly from the training, although fathers showed slightly less commitment to practice what they learned.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Research on the engagement of fathers in the treatment of childhood psychiatric disorders is scarce. This study aims to investigate differences between mothers and fathers of adolescents with anorexia nervosa regarding parental burden and effectiveness of a parental skills training.
Methods: Ninety-one mother-father dyads caring for a child with anorexia nervosa participated in an 8-week parental skills training and completed a set of questionnaires assessing parental psychopathology, eating disorder related burden, caregiver skills and expressed emotion at baseline and post-intervention.
Results: Fathers showed lower levels of general psychological distress, depression, anxiety and eating disorder related burden as well as lower emotional overinvolvement compared to mothers. The skills training was effective in reducing parental psychopathology, eating disorder-related burden and emotional overinvolvement as well as in increasing caregiver skills with no differences between mothers and fathers. However, session adherence and the willingness to practice skills between the sessions were slightly lower in fathers.
Conclusions: These findings show that fathers are a great resource for the child's eating disorder treatment as they may counterbalance maternal emotional overinvolvement and over-protection. Furthermore, this is the first study demonstrating that fathers can profit from a parental skills training for anorexia nervosa in a similar way as mothers.
Level Iii: Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies.
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