In defense of weight phobia as the central organizing motive in anorexia nervosa: Historical and cultural arguments for a culture-sensitive psychological conception

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-334

  Habermas S, Tilmann ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT PHOBIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0029883666     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199605)19:4<317::AID-EAT1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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