Investigating the role of attachment in social comparison theories of eating disorders within a non-clinical female population

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Bamford, Bryony ^a   Halliwell, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449714018     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.951     Document Type: Article

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