A Prospective Study of Disordered Eating among Sorority and Nonsorority Women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 354-358

  Allison, Kelly C ^a,c   Park, Crystal L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

College women; Disordered eating; Sororities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIETIES; STUDENTS;

EID: 1842559500     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10255     Document Type: Article

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