An application of escape theory to binge eating

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-31

  Blackburn, Sonja ^a   Johnston, Lucy ^a   Blampied, Neville ^a   Popp, Danielle ^c   Kallen, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Escape model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STUDENT; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 32644483896     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.675     Document Type: Article

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