Narcissism and narcissistic defences in the eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-148

  Waller, Glenn ^a,b,c   Sines, Jennie ^d   Meyer, Caroline ^d   Foster, Emma ^d   Skelton, Anna ^d  

^a Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Narcissism; Narcissistic defenses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33847093496     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20345     Document Type: Article

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