Table 2 List of domains, themes and sub-themes

1. Balancing values

1.1. Extremes in values (8)^a

1.2. Clarification of values (4)

2. Congruence and clashes between AN and values

2.1. Perceived congruence

2.1.1. AN as a physical and behavioural representation of principles (8)

2.2. Perceived incongruence

2.2.1. “You can’t have both” - AN as a saboteur of values (7)

2.2.2. “I’m that much in control that I’m out of control” – Paradoxes in AN (8)

3. From ambivalence to motivation

3.1. Ambivalence toward AN (6)

3.2. Ambivalence toward recovery (7)

3.3. Values as a beacon of hope (5)