I see what you see: The lack of a self-serving body-image bias in eating disorders

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-135

  Jansen, Anita ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Martijn, Carolien ^a   Nederkoorn, Chantal ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33644629036     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466505X50167     Document Type: Article

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