Personality and psychological factors as predictors of disordered eating among female collegiate athletes

Eating Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-321

  Petrie, Trent A ^a   Greenleaf, Christy ^a   Reel, Justine ^b   Carter, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c The Center for Balanced Living   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF ESTEEM; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 68049133368     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260902991160     Document Type: Article

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