The relationship between friendship factors and adolescent girls' body image concern, body dissatisfaction, and restrained eating

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Gerner, Bibi ^a   Wilson, Peter H ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Body image concern; Friendship factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INTIMACY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 18844401128     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20094     Document Type: Article

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