Sexual abuse and eating disorder symptoms: the mediator role of bodily dissatisfaction

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-481

  Preti, Antonio ^a,b   Incani, Elisabetta ^a   Camboni, Maria Valeria ^a   Petretto, Donatella Rita ^a   Masala, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBERTY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33749188653     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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