Table 2 Superordinate theme: Diverging experiences of exercise
From: ‘Feelings stronger than reason’: conflicting experiences of exercise in women with anorexia nervosa
Agnes | Hedda | Hedwig | Hilde | Rebecca | Nora | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subtheme 1: ‘I feel like I am being compelled to exercise’: Ambivalence and control | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Subtheme 2: ‘I should rather have trained’: Limiting the societal and relational world | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Subtheme 3: ‘I only went for long walks’: Minimizing and rephrasing | - | - | x | x | x | x |