Relationships between psychological stress, coping and disordered eating: A review

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1007-1035

  Ball, Kylie ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Disordered eating; Psychological stress; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347625287     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008407364     Document Type: Review

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