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Overcoming an Eating Disorder: A Narrative Approach to Long-Term Recovery

Matusek, Jill Anne

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2007, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Using the framework of narrative psychology, this study portrays women's experience of long-term recovery from anorexia and compulsive overeating through performance based texts. This study aims to understand from an experiential perspective how recovered women make sense of their transition to wellness by presenting thick descriptions of the self-identified epiphanies and turning points contributing to their recovery. Using a qualitative method of semi-structured interviewing and an interpretive biographical method to understand each woman's narrative, the texts are interpreted using the concept of personal positioning in relation to cultural master narratives. Viewing recovery as a process of re-storying the life story, the findings suggest that long-term recovery from an eating disorder involves spiritual commitment and purposeful engagement with communities larger than the self.
Roger Knudson (Advisor)
48 p.

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  • Matusek, J. A. (2007). Overcoming an Eating Disorder: A Narrative Approach to Long-Term Recovery [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1185928602

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Matusek, Jill. Overcoming an Eating Disorder: A Narrative Approach to Long-Term Recovery. 2007. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1185928602.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Matusek, Jill. "Overcoming an Eating Disorder: A Narrative Approach to Long-Term Recovery." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1185928602

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)