Psychological Distress as a Mediator of the Relation Between Perceived Maternal Parenting and Normative Maladaptive Eating Among Adolescent Girls

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-446

  Salafia, Elizabeth H Blodgett ^a   Gondoli, Dawn M ^a   Corning, Alexandra F ^a   McEnery, Amanda M ^a   Grundy, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; eating disorder; middle school; parenting; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERCEPTION;

EID: 35448964282     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.4.434     Document Type: Article

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