The role of global negative self-evaluations in the influence of body weight on weight and eating concerns

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-31

  Lau, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body weight; Self evaluation; Social comparison; Weight concerns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0035291673     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03339748     Document Type: Article

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