Maternal behaviors and restrained eating and body dissatisfaction in young children

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-61

  Anschutz, Doeschka J ^a,b   Kanters, Linda J A ^b   Van Strien, Tatjana ^b   Vermulst, Ad A ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b  

^a Behavioural Science Institute   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Maternal behaviors; Restraint; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN FATIGUE RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DUTCH EATING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58449111344     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20569     Document Type: Article

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