Identity impairment and the eating disorders: Content and organization of the self-concept in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-69

  Farchaus Stein, Karen ^a   Corte, Colleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Identify disturbances and eating disorders; Impoverished self; Self schemas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33847001265     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.726     Document Type: Article

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