Assessing body and eating peer-focused comparisons: The Dieting Peer Competitiveness (DPC) scale

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 428-446

  Huon, Gail F ^a   Piira, Tiina ^a   Hayne, Angela ^a   Strong, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036858381     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.439     Document Type: Article

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