Feminist identity as a predictor of eating disorder diagnostic status

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-788

  Green, Melinda A ^a   Scott, Norman A ^b   Riopel, Cori M ^a   Skaggs, Anna K ^a  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Feminist identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FEMINIST IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRE FOR EATING DISORDER DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 46049118407     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20459     Document Type: Article

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