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CONTROL IN BULIMIC EXPERIENCE AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF TREATMENT |
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Elena Faccio, Sabrina Cipolletta, Diego Romaioli, Sara Ruiba |
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University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Abstract
This qualitative research examines the
question of control within bulimic experience and how it varies from the
beginning to the end of the therapy. We used two self-referral tools (self-definition
and self-characterisation) with 42 patients, 24 at the beginning and 18 at the
end of the therapy. A comparison between the two groups suggested that patients
at the beginning of the therapy anticipated that the solution of the problem was
improving the ability for individual control while patient ending the therapy
more easily broke free from the confines of the control/lack of control
dichotomy.
Key words: Bulimia, control, eating disorders,
personal construct psychology, self-narratives
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REFERENCE
Faccio,
E., Cipolletta, S., Romaioli, D., Ruiba, S. (2011). Control in bulimic experience at the beginning and the end of therapy.
Personal
Construct Theory & Practice, 8, 24-37, 2011
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp11/faccio11.html)
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