The Perfectionism Model of Binge Eating: Tests of an Integrative Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 690-709

  Sherry, Simon B ^a   Hall, Peter A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

binge eating; depressive affect; dietary restraint; perfectionism; social maladjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROSIS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; BULIMIA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649103824     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014528     Document Type: Article

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