Temperament and character profile of eating disorders: A controlled study with the temperament and character inventory

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 412-425

  Fassino, Secondo ^a,b   Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a   Amianto, Federico ^a   Leombruni, Paolo ^a   Boggio, Sonia ^a   Rovera, Gian Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bulimia; Personality; Spectrum; TCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARACTER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0036883713     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10099     Document Type: Article

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