Psychological distress and caregiving experience during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic among parents of an offspring with anorexia nervosa.
Michael ZeilerAndrea SchneiderJulia PhilippStefanie TruttmannTanja WittekLeonie KahlenbergEllen Auer-WelsbachGabriele SchöfbeckDunja MairhoferElisabeth MerlAndreas F K KarwautzGudrun WagnerPublished in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2023)
The pandemic effects on parents seem to be time-specific. Lower distress in the early phase of the pandemic may be associated with improvements in parent-child-relationships reported in previous studies. However, the pandemic may has negative consequences in the long-term emphasising the need of ongoing parental support.