Illusory correlation for body type and happiness: Covariation bias and its relationship to eating disorder symptoms

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Viken, Richard J ^a   Treat, Teresa A ^b   Bloom, Staci L ^a   McFall, Richard M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body type; Covariation bias; Eating disorder; Illusory correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 21744459852     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20149     Document Type: Article

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