Les stratégies de coping des jeunes frères et sœurs confrontés à l’anorexie mentale prépubère de leur sœur : une étude exploratoire

Maynadier, Lorraine de; Noël, Lucile; Cook‐Darzens, Solange; Duriez, Nathalie; Mouren, Marie–Christine

doi:10.1016/j.amp.2013.10.004

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“…In the case of AN, professionals have in the last few years developed family-centred approaches, providing care to anorexic children or teenagers alongside support for the parents, but neglecting care toward the brothers and sisters, whose emotional experiences have long been ignored (15)(16)(17)(18). This exclusion is also reflected in the medical and psychological literature, where there is very little information or research devoted to the impact of AN on patients' siblings (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

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“…Siblings can also experience feelings of guilt, worry, fear, and pain, but also difficulties in tolerating separation on the occasion of hospitalisation of a brother or sister. These emotions are often hidden and experienced alone by siblings, who do not take it upon themselves to ask for help from their family (20,23). On the other hand, they may feel obliged to take care of their anorexic brother or sister and to give their parents emotional support; paradoxically, so as to avoid any conflict, they avoid telling their parents about any pathological behaviour they have witnessed (20,21,28).…”

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“We Thought We Were Alone”: The Subjective Experience of the Siblings of Anorexic Adolescent Patients

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Objective: The siblings of patients suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are potentially affected by a disturbed emotional experience that often remains undetected. In order to bring them a psychological support, the Maison de Solenn proposed a support group program for these siblings. The current research explores their mental representations of AN and their emotional experience in the support group named “sibling group.”Method: This exploratory study is based on a phenomenological and inductive qualitative method. Four girls and three boys aged between 6 and 19 participating in the “sibling group” were included in a one-time focus group session using a semi-structured interview guide. The thematic data analysis was performed by applying the methods of interpretative phenomenological analysis.Results: Themes that emerged from the interview fall into four categories: AN explained by siblings; the individual emotional experience of siblings; the family experience of siblings and the experience inside the “sibling group.”Discussion: According to our participants, the “sibling group” thus functions as a good compromise between keeping an active role in the anorexic patient's care and taking a step back to avoid being eaten up by the illness. Sibling-group participants retrieved a sense of belonging, which is normally one of the functions of being a sibling. It is important to note that the “sibling group” is part of the comprehensive (or global) family-based approach included in an institutional multidisciplinary integrative care framework.

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