Psychological Explanations of AN
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- Psychological Explanations of AN
- Behaviourist
- AN seen to be the result of the impact of social norms, values, and roles.
- Policy and Herman found dieting pressure so great that American eating is characterised by dieting.
- Dr Dawnson - media portrayal of dieting products result in self consciousness.
- Aurback suggests that dieting companies should be sued for their influence on AN.
- Slimming become a habbit through simulus-response mechanisms.
- Anorexia is seen to be more common in Western industrial countries.
- Psychodynamic
- Crisp- disorder may represent an unconscious desire to remain pre-pubescent.
- Suggested that AN sufferers are fixated/obsessively attached to the oral stage of development.
- Associated with protection - eg when the baby is fed by it's mother.
- Could be an attempt to control an aspect of their lives, separating themselves from their parents.
- Bruch found that AN sufferers struggle to feel autonomous and independent.
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- Cognitive
- sufferers believe they cannot be valued without ideal body image
- Orimoto found a consistent pattern of distorted thinking among AN sufferers.
- (-) But where do these irrational beliefs come from?
- Behaviourist
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