Sensation seeking: A personality trait characteristic of adolescent girls and young women with eating disorders?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-252

  Rossier, Valérie ^a   Bolognini, Monique ^a   Plancherel, Bernard ^a   Halfon, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anorexia; Bulimia; Diagnosis; Eating disorders; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BOREDOM; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034034905     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(200005)8:3<245::AID-ERV308>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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