Identifying the eating disorder symptomatic in China: the role of sociocultural factors and culturally defined appearance concerns

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Jackson, Todd ^a   Chen, Hong ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Eating disorder; Sociocultural; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33846626920     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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