Emotional self-awareness, eating disorders, and racial identity attitudes in African American women

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-277

  Dinsmore, Britta Davis ^a   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030268443     PISSN: 08838534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1996.tb00308.x     Document Type: Article

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