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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: “Balancing within a closed family system”: a grounded theory study of how family life is affected by having a family member with an eating disorder

Families

Parents

Age 52–70

Siblings

Age 20–31

Daughter/sister

Age 20–32 Diagnosis

Current living situation of daughter/sister

Family 1

Mother

Father

Sister (I)

Sister (II)

Brother

BN

Not living in family home

Family 2

Mother

Father

Sister

AN

Partly living in family home

Family 3

Mother

Father

Sister

AN

Not living in family home

Family 4

Mother

Sister

BN

Partly living in family home

Family 5

Mother

Father

 

AN

Not living in family home

Family 6

Mother

 

AN

Living in family home

Family 7

Mother

 

AN

Not living in family home

Family 8

 

Sister

AN

Not living in family home

Family 9

 

Sister

AN

Living in family home

Family 10

 

Brother

AN

Not living in family home

Family 11

 

Brother

BN

Not living in family home

  1. AN anorexia nervosa, BN bulimia nervosa