Shyness, sociability, and eating problems in a non-clinical sample of female undergraduates

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-359

  Miller, Jessie L ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disordered eating; Females; Non clinical; Shyness; Sociability; Socially conflicted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 44749088873     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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