The evolutionary psychology of eating disorders: Female competition for mates or for status?

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-417

  Faer, Lisa Marie ^a   Hendriks, Alexandra ^a   Abed, Riadh T ^a,b   Figueredo, Aurelio José ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; APTITUDE TEST; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 25644456788     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608305X42929     Document Type: Review

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