Bulimic family dynamics: Role of parents' personality - A controlled study with the temperament and character inventory

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-77

  Fassino, S ^a   Amianto, F ^b   Abbate Daga, G ^b   Leombruni, P ^b   Garzaro, L ^b   Levi, M ^b   Rovera, G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PARENT; PERSONALITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0037217383     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/comp.2003.50007     Document Type: Article

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