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While previous studies in other eating disorders have found correlations between parental hostility, critical comments, and treatment outcomes, the ways that parents display their emotions and thoughts have not been evaluated in families of children with ARFID.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study coded parental emotions and responsiveness in therapist-guided family meals during session two of manualized Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for ARFID to examine what types of comments were made. Thirty-one recorded meals were randomly selected from a randomized clinical treatment trial for children 6\u201312 years old with low-weight ARFID receiving FBT. The videos were double-coded with consensus and scoring guidelines developed in alignment with expressed emotion constructs (warmth, positive comments, hostility, critical comments, and emotional overinvolvement) but modified to fit the age range of ARFID children and the setting of the family-meal.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study found that parents tended to make more positive comments than critical comments, with low scores of hostile comments and emotional overinvolvement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, these findings may suggest that some families enter treatment with relational strengths that can be leveraged therapeutically to reduce mealtime conflicts and improve treatment outcomes. 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