The Relationship between Parent-child Conflict, Fear of Negative Evaluation and Psychological with Eating Disorders in Women who had referred to Nutrition and Diet Therapy Clinics

Eating disorder is a relatively common disorder in psychiatric that is observed in the late adolescence and young adulthood and characterized by abnormal eating habits , food-related cognitive distortion , and weight . The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between parent-child conflict , fear of negative evaluation , and mental stressors of life.
120 women who had referred to nutrition and diet therapy clinics participated in this descriptive- correlation study ,that 50 people were selected among them, through convenience sampling and EAT-26 (eating attitude test) questionnaire After preliminary survey and diagnosis of eating disorder (Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa), this samples were answered to the following questionnaires in order : Parent-Child Relationship Scale (PCRS), Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale –short form ( FNES-B ) , Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). The Spss18 software was used for data analysis in both descriptive and inferential levels .
Statistics analysis findings showed that the Parent –Child Conflict had a negative and meaningful relationship(p Based on the findings of this study , the Fear of Negative Evaluation has a significant role in predicting the incidence of eating disorder (Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa), that is the more worried about the negative evaluation by others ,the more symptoms one shows . Mental Stressors of Life have important role in the incidence of the symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa disorder , that is stress and anxiety can remove the prohibition of eating and decrease self-denial which usually leads to caution against eating . Results show that there is a meaningful relationship between the parent–child conflict and Anorexia Nervosa .In the other words, the women who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa are either from families with psychopathological problems , or from families while they are extremely close to each other, but lack essential skills for emotional relationship or confronting with crisis .