Psychopathology and personality of young women who experience food cravings

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-555

  Gendall, Kelly A ^a   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Joyce, Peter R ^a   Fear, Jennifer L ^b   Bulik, Cynthia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRIVE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0030789996     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(96)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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