Treating Asian American women with eating disorders: Multicultural competency and empirically supported treatment

Eating Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-73

  Smart, Rebekah ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF ESTEEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 77649093883     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260903439540     Document Type: Article

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