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Control in bulimic experience at the beginning and the end of therapy.

Faccio, E., Cipolletta, S., Romaioli, D., Ruiba, S.

Keywords:
Bulimia, control, eating disorders, personal construct psychology, self-narratives

Abstract:
This qualitative research examines the question of control within bulimic experience and how it varies from the beginning to the end of the therapy. We used two self-referral tools (self-definition and self-characterisation) with 42 patients, 24 at the beginning and 18 at the end of the therapy. A comparison between the two groups suggested that patients at the beginning of the therapy anticipated that the solution of the problem was improving the ability for individual control while patient ending the therapy more easily broke free from the confines of the control/lack of control dichotomy.