It would not have happened to me at home: Qualitative exploration of sojourns abroad and eating disorders in young Czech women

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Pavlova, Barbara ^a   Uher, Rudolf ^a,b   Papezova, Hana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Course; Czech Republic; Eating disorders; Onset; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; EATING DISORDERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONELINESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 44649087033     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.819     Document Type: Article

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