Eating disorders and personality: A methodological and empirical review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-320

  Lilenfeld, Lisa R R ^a   Wonderlich, Stephen ^b   Riso, Lawrence P ^a   Crosby, Ross ^b   Mitchell, James ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bulimia; Comorbidity; Eating disorders; Personality; Risk

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILY STUDY; HEREDITY; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646130600     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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