Is self-esteem the primary predictor of disordered eating?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1527-1537

  Shea, Maureen E ^a   Pritchard, Mary E ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Disordered eating; Gender; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947331363     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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