Childhood sexual abuse, body image, and disordered eating: A structural modeling analysis

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 91-108

  Williams, Tara L ^a   Gleaves, David H ^b  

^a SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Childhood sexual abuse; Eating disorders; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0347287102     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v04n04_07     Document Type: Article

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