Effect of Social Desirability on Adolescent Girls' Responses to an Eating Disorders Prevention Program

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Tilgner, Linda ^a   Wertheim, Eleanor H ^a   Paxton, Susan J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Eating disorders prevention program; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 1542376081     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10239     Document Type: Article

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