Thinking fat and feeling blue: Eating behaviors, ruminative coping, and depressive symptoms in college women

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 658-665

  Harrell, Zaje A T ^a   Jackson, Benita ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; College women; Depressive symptoms; Restrained eating; Ruminative coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149137457     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9388-9     Document Type: Article

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