Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination of women with anorexia nervosa

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Stewart, Maria Christina ^a,b   Schiavo, R Steven ^c   Herzog, David B ^d,e   Franko, Debra L ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Eating behaviours; Prejudice; Social perception; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 48349094523     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.849     Document Type: Article

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