Disordered eating in undergraduates: Does gender role orientation influence men and women the same way?

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 282-289

  Pritchard, Mary ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Disordered eating; Gender; Gender roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249129342     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9449-8     Document Type: Article

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