Perfectionism and Bulimic Symptoms in African American College Women: Dimensions of Perfectionism and Their Interactions With Perceived Weight Status

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-275

  Bardone Cone, Anna M ^a   Weishuhn, Amanda S ^a   Boyd, Clarissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; bulimic symptoms; perceived weight status; perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249171449     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015003     Document Type: Article

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