The object relations of bulimic women in context: An integration of two studies

Eating Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-29

  Pollack, Deborah L ^a   Keaschuk, Rachel A ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 38049035479     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260701667920     Document Type: Article

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