Eating disorders from parent to child: Mothers’ perceptions of transgenerational effect

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-211

  Barnett, Sarah ^a   Buckroyd, Julia ^a   Windle, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; group; mothers; prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749028910     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140500330146     Document Type: Article

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