Eating disorders among indian and australian university students

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-357

  Sjostedt, John P ^a   Schumaker, John F ^a   Nathawat, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032093283     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549809600387     Document Type: Article

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