Assessment of emotional reactivity produced by exposure to virtual environments in patients with eating disorders

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-513

  Gutiérrez Maldonado, José ^a,c   Ferrer García, Marta ^a   Caqueo Urízar, Alejandra ^b   Letosa Porta, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Psicologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MEASUREMENT; PROVOCATION; SIMULATION; SWIMMING POOL; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AROUSAL; BULIMIA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947698313     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.507     Document Type: Article

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