Comparison of habitual runners and anorexia nervosa patients

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-143

  Powers, Pauline S ^a   Schocken, Douglas D ^b   Boyd, Felecia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Habitual runners; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING;

EID: 0031914552     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199803)23:2<133::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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