A longitudinal examination of burden and psychological distress in carers of people with an eating disorder Coomber, Kerri and King, Ross M. 2013, A longitudinal examination of burden and psychological distress in carers of people with an eating disorder, Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 163-171, doi: 10.1007/s00127-012-0524-7. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A longitudinal examination of burden and psychological distress in carers of people with an eating disorder Author(s) Coomber, Kerri King, Ross M. orcid.org/0000-0002-0819-7077 Journal name Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology Volume number 48 Issue number 1 Start page 163 End page 171 Total pages 9 Publisher Springer Place of publication Heidelberg, Germany Publication date 2013-01 ISSN 0933-7954 1433-9285 Keyword(s) eating disorders carers longitudinal carer burden psychological distress Summary Purpose Eating disorders are chronic conditions that require ongoing, high level care. Despite the chronic nature of eating disorders, to date, previous research examining eating disorder carer burden and psychological distress has been cross-sectional only. Therefore, the current study aimed to conduct a preliminary longitudinal examination of the predictors of carer burden and psychological distress for carers of those with an eating disorder. Methods A self-report, quantitative questionnaire approach was utilised. Forty-two carers completed three self-report questionnaires over a period of 9 months (initial, 4½ and 9 months) assessing carer burden, psychological distress, carer needs, expressed emotion, coping strategies and social support. Results Maladaptive coping, expressed emotion and carer needs were significant longitudinal predictors of carer burden. Carer psychological distress could not be predicted longitudinally. Conclusions In order to reduce carer burden, interventions should test whether reducing maladaptive coping strategies, expressed emotion and addressing carer needs lead to lower carer burden and distress. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0524-7 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920202 Carer Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, John Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050409 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 05 Feb 2013, 12:12:31 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2013, 11:39:55 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2013, 11:43:59 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 16:29:57 EST Tue, 23 Feb 2016, 10:22:13 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 12:14:28 EST Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 11:05:28 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 28 times in TR Web of Science Cited 33 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 669 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 05 Feb 2013, 12:12:18 EST by Jane Moschetti