Differences and similarities in the personality structure of 327 women with eating disorders

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-115

  Salvemini, V ^a   Berna, G ^a   Foca F ^a   Indrimi, M ^a   Sammartino, F ^a   Spinosa, L ^a   Tulli, F ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Duration of disorder; EAT 40; Eating disorders; MMPI; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034207928     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327486     Document Type: Article

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