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Education to Anorexia? Women suffering from eating disorders narrate about their Family environment - qualitative research
Biskupová, Kateřina ; Sloboda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Martinová, Marta (referee)
This thesis describes the relation between eating disorders and the patients' or their relatives' interpretation of family environment. The author aims to reveal differences in the educational philosophy applied in the upbringing of patients with mental anorexia or mental bulimia. First of all the terms "family environment" and "educational style" are defined using the Lewin typology. It is based on the assumption that mental anorexia is aligned with strict education causing strict behaviour when being on diet while mental bulimia is associated with less strict education reflecting itself in an imperfect compliance with the diet plan. The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis summarizes current knowledge of eating disorders with focus on social factors and family. The practical part is based on the author's own qualitative research based on an analysis of twenty narrative interviews with the patients, their mothers and one stepfather. The research takes into account the parents' professions, focus on the body, sporting nature of the families, the applied educational style, the ideal upbringing idea in relation to the applied one, it also deals with what helps the ill, and there is also focus on siblingship, divorces and intergenerational relations. The research done within the framework of this...
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