'Why i won't eat': Patient testimony from 15 anorexics concerning the causes of their disorder

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 942-956

  Dignon, Andrée ^a   Beardsmore, Angela ^b   Spain, Sean ^a   Kuan, Ann ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Coventry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Control; Obsession; Perfectionism; Spiral; Unhappiness

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCUS OF CONTROL; LONELINESS; MALE; OBSESSION; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 33749624865     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306069097     Document Type: Article

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