What does the psychoanalytic theory explain about the etiology of anorexia nervosa?

A conflict between mother and child over separation and individualization.

According to psychoanalytic theory. early mother-child dynamics lead to difficulty with a child establishing a sense of separateness from the mother. Control of eating becomes one area in which the child establishes a sense of independence.Option A is the behavioral view of anorexia nervosa.Option C reflects the family theory view of anorexia nervosa. which deals with the issue of lack of generational boundaries.Option D characterizes the sociocultural view of anorexia nervosa. which identifies thinness as being a culturally determined ideal.