Uloga porodičnih faktora u razvoju patologije hranjenja
The Role of Family Factors in the Development of Eating Pathology

Summary/Abstract: Family is the most considered ethiological factor discussed by the researchers who focus on the understanding of the genesis of the eating pathology found among young people. Results of the theoretical and empirical research show the link between different family variables and development of the above mentioned pathology. The main goal of this assignment is to analyze the results of the previous theoretical and empirical research, as well as the clinical practice experience about the connection between different family variables and development of subclinical and clinical features of the eating pathology. The conducted analysis showed that the research focused on contribution of family factors on the development of eating pathology can be classified in several basic directions: the research focused on the analysis of the genetical factors, family eating habits (transmision of the evasive eating habits through generations, the research focused on psychological analysis of family interaction; the role of perceived dimensions of parental behaviour and parental functionality and finally the research focused on the analysis of the contribution of the family structure itself. It can be concluded that even thought here is a significant number of research focused on the analyses of the individual contribution of already mentioned variables on the development of individual types of clinical and subclinical eating disorders,unambiguos data about forms of parental behaviour and functionality have not been found yet. The analysis of the contribution of family variables and subclinical forms of eating disorders makes these results even more complicated. Generally speaking, there should be more of them in the future.

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