Interpersonal influence and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls: The role of peer modeling, social reinforcement, and body-related teasing

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-236

  Lieberman, Melissa ^a   Gauvin, Lise ^b   Bukowski, William M ^c   White, Donna R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulimic behavior; Dietary restraint; Eating disorders; Peer modeling; Social reinforcement; Teasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039191313     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0153(01)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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