Level of religiosity and disordered eating psychopathology among modern-orthodox Jewish adolescent girls in Israel

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-521

  Latzer, Yael ^a,b   Orna, Tzischinsky ^c   Gefen, Shira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Eating disorders; EDI 2; Israel; Religion

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39549090714     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2007.19.4.511     Document Type: Article

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