Femininity, bulimia, and distress in college women

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 355-363

  Brazelton, Elizabeth W ^a   Greene, Katherine S ^a   Gynther, Malcolm ^a   O'Mell, Jennifer ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BULIMIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032134040     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.355     Document Type: Article

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