The computer body image test: A procedure for the assessment of body image perception

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Hennighausen, Klaus ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body image; Computer Body image Test; Image distortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345591359     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.62     Document Type: Article

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