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The Other Side of Well-being – What Makes a Young Woman Become an Anorectic?

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  • Marika Savukoski
  • Kaarina Määttä
  • Satu Uusiautti

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The aim of this research is to reveal those factors that make an individual enter an anorectic world in adolescence.Why does a young woman develop anorexia? What makes one go to a journey to that “Wonderland†? The causesof anorexia were collected from the narratives of 11 Finnish women who survived their own anorexic trip aswinners. Anorexia is a serious psychiatric condition that can lead to death at its worst. The causes of anorexiahave not been clearly evidenced which makes it difficult to draw a distinct insight of the problems of anorexia.This article reveals the reasons and factors that make usually good and dutiful girls destroy themselves and theirlives hooked by anorexia. Furthermore, the complex nature of eating disorder is discussed from an educationalperspective because when pursuing toward the ideal of education, one performs to excess.

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  • Marika Savukoski & Kaarina Määttä & Satu Uusiautti, 2011. "The Other Side of Well-being – What Makes a Young Woman Become an Anorectic?," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 3(2), pages 1-76, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ijpsjl:v:3:y:2011:i:2:p:76
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