It would not have happened to me at home: qualitative exploration of sojourns abroad and eating disorders in young Czech women
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
17708520
DOI
10.1002/erv.819
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Acculturation * MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Emigration and Immigration * MeSH
- Weight Gain MeSH
- Interview, Psychological MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Loneliness psychology MeSH
- Feeding and Eating Disorders psychology MeSH
- Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
- Surveys and Questionnaires MeSH
- Stress, Psychological psychology MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- United Kingdom MeSH
- United States MeSH
BACKGROUND: Eating disorders can be triggered by life events involving migration and acculturation. AIM: To explore associations between sojourns abroad and the onset and course of eating disorders. METHOD: Six semi-structured interviews with women with an eating disorder and history of sojourn abroad and seven first-person Internet testimonies were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). RESULTS: We identified three trajectories relating eating disorders to sojourns abroad: (I) weight-gain when abroad associated with later development of an eating disorder; (II) development or worsening of an eating disorder when abroad; (III) stay abroad as an attempt to escape the illness. Three topics informed on the impact of sojourns abroad on mental health: (A) different food and eating habits; (B) negative emotions; (C) illness as attempt to achieve something valuable. CONCLUSION: The importance of the identified trajectories and topics relating eating disorders to sojourns abroad needs to be estimated in an epidemiological study.
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