BIOGRAPHIC METHOD IN STUDYING OF FOOD BEHAVIOR’S PROBLEM

Abstract

The purpose of the article is analyzing the application of the biographical method in the study of prob­lematic eating behavior’s formation.

The research was carried out using the method of thematic retrospective analysis of MTR-food, which is a variant of the biographical method (Shebanova, 2016). The data was processed using content analysis, Fisher’s φ-criterion was used to compare the differences between the groups that were investigated.

The effectiveness of the biographical method in the study of problem eating behavior has been confirmed. The study clarifies the peculiarities of eating behavior’s formation and its disorders. It has been found that various forms of food violence, direct and indirect ways of coercion or blocking of food activity are manifested in ignoring the taste preferences of the child, its desire and readiness to receive food. It was found that most often parents used manipulative techniques for influencing the food behavior of children (encouragement, inducement, rewards promises, approval, recognition, caution, switching attention), direct means of influence - coercive measures (prohibition, restriction, rejection, destructive criticism, intimidation, deprivation of various forms of satisfaction). It is statistically confirmed that using by parents the means of manipulation and / or direct coercion of a child in a situation of food intake predetermines the pathological processes’ formation of corporeality, specific guidelines and psychological mechanisms that are a precautionary dietary disorder