Similarity in young women's eating attitudes: Self-selected versus artificially constructed groups

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Gilbert, Nicola ^a   Meyer, Caroline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Artificially constructed groups; Depression; Eating attitudes; Self selected groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 4143108107     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20036     Document Type: Article

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