An intervention to modify expectations of unrealistic rewards from thinness

Eating Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-179

  Boivin, Michele K ^a,b,c   Polivy, Janet ^c   Herman, C Peter ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; EXPECTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REWARD; SOCIAL FACILITATION; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40349106321     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260801887329     Document Type: Article

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