西方家庭影响进食障碍的研究述评

家庭是进食障碍发展过程中一个重要的影响因素。已有众多西方学者采用各种方法对进食障碍和家庭之间的关系进行了研究。从时间发展脉络来看, Minuchin等学者首先对此进行了经典临床研究; 随后有众多量化研究出现, 对此可以依据不同的测量水平、研究变量和被试视角进行梳理; 近些年, 有学者采用质化研究方法重新对此进行探讨。进食障碍家庭研究的发展趋势表现出：重视本土化研究、对家庭做多水平的探讨、兼顾家庭结构和家庭变化过程。

Western Studies of Family Influences on Eating Disorders

Family is one of essential factors in the etiology of eating disorders. Many western scholars have used various methods to investigate the relationships between eating disorders and family environment. According to chronological order, Minuchin and other scholars had conducted classic clinical researches; and numerous quantitative treatises emerged subsequently, which could be sorted out from different assessment levels, research variables and subject perspectives; recently some researchers employed qualitative research methods to explore this topic. The development trends of family researches on eating disorders include: highlighting indigenous studies, exploring family system with multilevel approach and taking into account family structures and family change processes simultaneously.