Anorexic Eating: Two Case Studies in Hong Kong

Authors

Zenobia C.Y. Chan, The Chinese University of Hong KongFollow
Joyce L.C. Ma, The Chinese University of Hong KongFollow

Abstract

Little attention has been paid to the eating experience of anorectic females during the course of their illness. In order to enrich this understanding, two adult anorexics were selected and their emails were collected and analyzed. Analysis of these emails reveals the patients' experiences with and feelings about eating, which can provide an in-depth understanding of their circumstances and family dynamics. The paper ends with a discussion of the results, limitations, and implications of using emails as the data source of a qualitative study, and how they can reveal the informants' inner landscapes.

Keywords

Anorexia nervosa, eating, email, qualitative research & Hong Kong

Acknowledgements

This work is supported in part by a grant (CUHK: 4090/99H) from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council. The deepest respect and appreciation are extended to the families who were brave enough to seek help from our practice team and were kind enough to participate in the study. Finally, we are grateful to Professor Kelly Lai and Professor Sing Lee of the Department of Psychiatry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, who referred the patients with anorexia nervosa to us for family therapy

Publication Date

12-2-2002

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2002.1963

Recommended APA Citation

Chan, Z. C., & Ma, J. L. (2002). Anorexic Eating: Two Case Studies in Hong Kong. The Qualitative Report, 7(4), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2002.1963