Body image and restrained eating in blind and sighted women: A preliminary study

Body Image

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-175

  Ashikali, Eleni Marina ^a   Dittmar, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Congenital blindness; Eating behavior; Thin ideal; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYPRUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MASS MEDIUM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CYPRUS; DIET, REDUCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MASS MEDIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SWITZERLAND; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649336411     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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