@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between self-injurious behavior and self-disclosure in adolescents with eating disorders",
journal="Eating and weight disorders - studies on anorexia, bulimia and obesity",
year="2014",
author="Klomek, Anat Brunstein and Lev-Wiesel, Rachel and Shellac, Evia and Hadas, Arik and Berger, Uri and Horwitz, Mira and Fennig, Silvana",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="43-48",
abstract="PURPOSE The aim of the current study is to examine the association between self disclosure and self-injurious behaviors among adolescent patients diagnosed with an eating disorder. <br><br>METHODS Sixty three female patients who fulfilled the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of eating disorders were included (i.e. anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and eating disorders not otherwise specified). Participants' age ranged from 11.5 to 20 years (M = 15.42, SD = 1.82). Participants completed self- report questionnaires about eating disorders, self-disclosure, self-injurious behaviors (FASM) and depression (BDI-II) Results 82.5% of the sample endorsed severe self-injurious behaviors. A moderate negative relationship was found between general disclosure to parents and self-injurious behaviors indicating that patients who generally self-disclose to their parents (on different topics, apart from suicidal ideation) engage less frequently in self-injurious behaviors. In addition, the more patients self-disclose their suicidal ideation to others, the more they tend to self-injure. <br><br>CONCLUSION Self-disclosure to parents on any topic may buffer against self-injurious behaviors and therefore it is important to work with adolescents suffering from eating disorders on effective self disclosure. In addition, self-disclosure about suicidal ideation to others by adolescents suffering from eating disorders should always be taken seriously, since it may be related to self-injurious behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1124-4909",
doi="10.1007/s40519-014-0145-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-014-0145-0"
}