Mutuality as an aspect of family functioning in predicting eating disorder symptoms in college women

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-66

  Sanftner, Jennifer L ^a   Cameron, Rebecca P ^b   Tantillo, Mary ^c   Heigel, Caron P ^a   Martin, David Myron ^b   Sippel Silowash, Julie Ann ^a   Taggart, Jane M ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Expressed emotion; Family; Interpersonal relationships; Mutuality; Relational Cultural Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845740202     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J035v21n02_06     Document Type: Article

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