Body checking in the eating disorders: Association with narcissistic characteristics

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Waller, Glenn ^a,b,d   Sines, Jennie ^c,d   Meyer, Caroline ^c,d   Mountford, Victoria ^c,d,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body checking; Body image; Eating disorders; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 40349084430     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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