Eating disorder variables and self image in Italian girls attending a weight control clinic

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-132

  Bacchini, D ^a   Duval, M ^b   Valerio, P ^b   Pasanisi, F ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female adolescents; Obesity; Self image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT CONTROL; BODY IMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 27744484990     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327534     Document Type: Article

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