Body image and virtual reality in eating disorders: Is exposure to virtual reality more effective than the classical body image treatment?

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Perpina C ^a   Botella, C ^b   Banos R ^a   Marco, H ^b   Alcaniz M ^c   Quero, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0032990439     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.1999.2.149     Document Type: Article

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