Friendship quality, body dissatisfaction, dieting and disordered eating in adolescent girls

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-83

  Schutz, Helen K ^a   Paxton, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALIENATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ALIENATION; STATISTICS; THINNESS;

EID: 33847349692     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466506X115993     Document Type: Article

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