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The experience of depicting mother-child relationships in visual form by individuals with anorexia nervosa: A pilot study
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| Title: | The experience of depicting mother-child relationships in visual form by individuals with anorexia nervosa: A pilot study |
| Authors: | Martinez, Sylvia |
| Keywords: | Anorexia Nervosa
Body Image
Mother-Child Relations
Visual Perception |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2003 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals with anorexia nervosa experience depicting mother-child
relationships in their artwork. This study focuses on how
the individual diagnosed with anorexia experiences 1)
creating an "ideal" mother-child drawing, 2) creating an
"ordinary" mother-child drawing, 3) looking at the
drawings, and 4) discussing the drawings. Common themes
found through phenomenological analysis were the presence
and absence of communication in mother-child relationships,
support and love in the relationship, avoidance of personal
mother-child relationships while indirectly revealing
personal information, attachment between mother and child,
and the role of the mother as disciplinarian or friend. The
art process appeared to aid the participants in expressing
their feelings about mother-child relationships in a
metaphorical, nonverbal way. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1105 |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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