The big five and self-esteem among overweight dieting and non-dieting women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Rubinstein, Gidi ^a  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Big Five; Obesity; Overweight; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ESTHETICS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33749986985     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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