Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology in Caucasian Australian, Asian Australian and Thai university students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Jennings, Piangchai S ^a   Forbes, David ^a   McDermott, Brett ^a   Hulse, Gary ^a   Juniper, Sato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; EAT; Eating disorders; EDI; Ethnicity; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 33644896563     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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