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Understanding Women’s Journey of Recovering From Anorexia NervosaUniversity of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Nursing and Canadian Institutes of Health Research/University of New Brunswick investigator at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Previous studies of recovery from anorexia nervosa (AN) have concentrated on discrete behavioral responses of individual women. Little is understood about the subjective process of women’s recovery in the context of family, community, or society. In this feminist grounded theory study, the authors explored the perceptions of 12 women who considered themselves recovered or recovering from AN. They discovered a substantive theory of selfdevelopment that explains, within the current social context, women’s journey from the perilous self-soothing of devastating weight loss to the informed self-care of healthy eating and problem-solving practices. The findings provide an urgently needed explanatory framework to inform women, clinicians, and health policy makers in their prevention and recovery efforts.
Key Words: recovering • eating disorders • women’s health • feminist theory • grounded theory
Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 15, No. 2,
188-206 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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