Holocaust exposure and disordered eating: A study of multi-generational transmission

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-57

  Zohar, Ada H ^a   Giladi, Lotem ^a   Givati, Timor ^a,b  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b Academic College of Tel Aviv Yafo   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Eating disorders; Holocaust; Inter generational; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33846998987     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.730     Document Type: Article

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