Understanding a link between sexual harassment and eating disorder symptoms: A mediational analysis

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1170-1181

  Harned, Melanie S ^a   Fitzgerald, Louise F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 0036784470     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.70.5.1170     Document Type: Article

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