Social Cognition in Child and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa/ Anoreksiya Nervozali Cocuk ve Ergenlerde Sosyal Bilis

Social cognition represents the mental processes of social interaction between oneself and others. In recent years, the interest in social cognition skills has increased in cases with eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is associated with the multiple factors in etiology. Treatment of anorexia nervosa is still controversial. The youths diagnosed with anorexia nervosa are known to be as the most difficult group in eating disorders for building therapeutic relations. Studies, mostly suggests that there are difficulties in social cognitive functions in patients with anorexia nervosa. However, there are studies that reported different results. It seems that, the majority of studies which evaluate the social cognitive functions in patients with anorexia nervosa, are carried out with the adult age group. There are limited number of studies in child and adolescent age group. The purpose of this paper was to examine the studies of social cognitive skills in children and adolescents diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and present the general characteristics. Key words: Anorexia nervosa, child, empathy, social cognition. Sosyal bilis, kisinin kendisi ve digerleri arasindaki sosyal etkilesimle ilgili zihinsel surecleri temsil eder. Son yillarda yeme bozuklugu olgularinin sosyal bilis becerilerine yonelik ilgi artmistir. Anoreksiya nervosa, etiyolojisi coklu etmenlerle iliskili olan bir yeme bozuklugu tablosudur. Tedavisi halen tartismalidir. Yeme bozuklugu hastalari icinde en zor iliski kurulan grubun anoreksiya nervosa tanili gencler oldugu bilinmektedir. Calismalar cogunlukla, anoreksiya nervosa olgularinin sosyal bilissel islevlerinde guclukler olduguna isaret etmektedir. Bununla birlikte farkli sonuclarin bildirildigi calismalar da mevcuttur. Goruldugu kadariyla, anoreksiya nervosa olgularinda sosyal bilis islevlerini degerlendiren calismalarin buyuk cogunlugu, eriskin yas grubu ile yapilmis calismalardir. Cocuk ve ergen yas grubu ile yapilmis calismalarin kisitli sayida oldugu dikkati cekmektedir. Bu yazida, literaturdeki, anoreksiya nervoza tanili cocuk ve ergenlerin sosyal bilis becerileri ile ilgili calismalarin incelenmesi ve genel ozelliklerinin sunulmasi amaclanmistir. Anahtar sozcukler: Anoreksiya nevroza, cocuk, empati, sosyal bilis.