Does shape matter? Preferences for a female therapist's figure among patients with eating disorders

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-422

  Vocks, Silja ^a   Legenbauer, Tanja ^b   Peters, Inga ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 34250632729     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300600740703     Document Type: Article

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